Saturday, January 24, 2015

Bailey - Episode List

The Obsidian Tale:

Volume 1: Search - 0 episodes

Volume 2: Regroup - 4 episodes
Episode 16 - It's Festival Time! [January 17, 2015]
Episode 17 - There Goes A Million Gold [January 24, 2015]
Episode 25 - Bafuulian Jailbreak [March 21, 2015]
Episode 26 - Like Father, Like Son [March 28, 2015]

Volume 3: Secrets - 5 episodes
Episode 30 - Reunion at Saradeli [April 25, 2015]
Episode 32 - Courthouse Vector [May 9, 2015] [cameo]
Episode 33 - Suspicious Ally [May 16, 2015]
Episode 36 - Infiltrator of the Skies [June 6, 2015]
Episode 37 - Angel Wings [June 13, 2015]

Volume 4: Desertion - 3 episodes
Episode 43 - Coliseum - The Heart of Battle [July 25, 2015] [cameo]
Episode 44 - The Group From 20 Years Ago [August 1, 2015]
Episode 52 - The Red Cape [September 26, 2015]

Volume 5: Innovation - 6 episodes
Episode 53 - The Change We Must Seek [October 3, 2015]
Episode 60 - How to Save Faith [November 21, 2015]
Episode 61 - Exodus Finale! [November 28, 2015]
Episode 62 - Trials of Zozna [December 5, 2015]
Episode 64 - The Spirit of Confidence [December 19, 2015] [cameo]
Episode 65 - Ruler of New Rhadessia [December 26, 2015]

Bailey - Character Page

Bailey
- "H-Hello... I am Bailey. I think. P-Please don't hurt me! Or else... Or else I will break your limbs and slice you to shreds until you're nothing but a pile of spaghetti!"

Characteristics - Bailey is known to be quite shy around almost everyone. Later in the story, the young child grows a bond with another character. It is said that Bailey knows nothing but being tormented by people all throughout life since early childhood, causing Bailey to avoid others as much as possible. A notable running gag involves other characters misinterpreting his or her gender, but this character does have one - it's just not revealed, at least not until later.

Appearance - Bailey has a messenger cap, most likely found in a trash can. The reason why this child wears a hat is because many people in the past have tried to physically abuse the poor pre-teen. The hat is a symbol of protection, although it may be too late for those demented eyes (which by the way, is a 'normal' face to Bailey). Furthermore, Bailey has a beige shirt with blue suspenders, followed by simple brown shorts and long white socks.

Other information:
Episode Debut: 16
Episodes Shown: 18
Age: 12
Height: 5'1
Weapon: Holographic swords

Story plot (contains spoilers) -
Bailey first debuts as an outside character from the plot when Forrest discovers the child talking to a hooded man. The relevancy of this character is not until the next episode (17) when the two children accidentally crash into each other. Forrest persists Bailey to join along, but Bailey refuses.

Further into the plot, Bailey becomes a novice Gammel soldier who was given a simple task to guard the floor that imprisoned Forrest's friends, Jess, Sydney, and Spencer. However, Bailey lets them free after realizing that their reunion was important.

Bailey makes a surprise appearance in the Village of Saradeli where she clashes swords with Jess. For some reason, Bailey couldn't control self-anger which was brought upon by chemical Obsidian energy. However, Bailey doesn't admit to the negative outcomes of the chemicals. Both Jess and Bailey begin to bond together, but the poor child makes an escape after being surprised by Forrest.

Bailey is seen at Vector, but with much more vice and power. Bailey can now summon a countless amount of swords which makes the child very deadly to be around when frustrated.

In Lament, Forrest tries to persuade Bailey into separating from the Gammel government. Bailey throws a tantrum from the chemical Obsidian energy.

Bailey appears again at the end of the Wiserheim tournament in the middle of the coliseum. Bailey manages to escape the scene after emitting too much energy, however.

At the Magnus tower, Bailey makes a return to speak with Jess, both revealing to each other about how much they care for one another. Unfortunately, Bailey loses control due to Magnus' power over her, and she forcefully stabs Jess on the stomach. The following speech from Jess reveals that Bailey is female. The stab upsets Bailey, and she emits too much negative energy atop the entire tower, causing it to explode outward.

After the event, Bailey is resting on the bed with a completely new look. Her eyes have returned to her normal self and her hat his removed, revealing longer strands of hair. From this point, Bailey wears a greenish yellow dress.

In the end of the series, Bailey survives and continues to support the growth of the Village of Saradeli, also assumed to join a newly created school within the village.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Bridge update between episodes 16 and 17

HEY'ALL!

I'm in a good mood this week in terms of getting things done on this website. Now, I need to address something important. If you all haven't noticed (because I barely did...), characters that debut recently have had HD pictures and it just makes older characters look blurred and awkward, like so:
Furthermore, Hazel looks a lot more zoomed out, and I kind of prefer this because you can still see the character very clearly while being able to see more of their body. I decided to renovate the ENTIRE website that involves past characters. For example, every old, blurred picture of Felix will be fixed. The reason why it was blurred is due to the fact that I used zooming methods when taking the pictures rather than focusing on the pixels itself. Kind of hard to explain, but just take it as fact. Here is an example of the new Felix:
I mean seriously, look at this!
This is totally going to take the longest in terms of updates.

Anyways, with the normal updates:
  • Optional scenes for episodes 14-16 are underway.
  • Music for episodes 14-16 are being processed next.
  • Episode titles for 18-27 will all be revealed pretty soon.
  • All character pages must be updated past episode 17.
  • The new character in episode 16 will have their own charactar page once episode 17 is released due to the fact that his/her name will be revealed.
  • Of course, prepare episode 17 by Saturday.
That's it for now! Have a great week!

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Greetings! Mass update coming soon!

Hello!

Today (Sunday), I will start the mass update but slowly because I still have a lot to catch up on.
I spent most of Friday and Saturday to finish all my homework 1-2 weeks ahead of time so that I can focus on the website without having to stress about school work. :)

Also, I spent a few hours on character artwork. Those who appear in episodes 14-16 will now have pictures! Yay! Aaaaaand there will be 6 more new characters between 18-22 that I haven't started yet...

Stay tuned for the rest of the day!

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Episode 16 - It's Festival Time!

The Obsidian Tale

Episode 16
[Opening 2 music]

~ ??? ~


            The wind softly blew across the grasslands. Bright, yellow daisies floated in midair as if the wind was too rough, but just right to make a beautiful tornado, swift across a large, open field. A small sailboat slid through a short river and up between trees from both ends of the water. Even doves happily flew across the hillside fields.
            Three group members: Lydia, Forrest, and Leo, peacefully made their way through the streams of fresh air and stillness.
            Leo took a deep breath as he watched the doves fly by.
            “Ah,” He smiled with his eyes closed. “Doesn’t it feel great out here?”
            Lydia saw faint buildings to her left. “Those are… buildings from the Town of Igor?”
            Forrest was quiet. [Music 1.4]
            “The Town of Igor is east of Kyrie, is that right?” Leo asked.
            Lydia nodded. She didn’t show much enthusiasm or any expressions still, but she could at least remember her travels properly.
            “Yes. It was beautiful.”
            “From what I remember, I think I know where we’re going,” Leo said. He took a granola bar out of his bag and then he chewed onto the tip.
            Lydia suddenly fell into tears. “I… I just remembered… It was my fault that we’ve gone through all this. It’s because I’m the Obsidian.”
            Leo spat his granola bar. “Th-That was too sudden,” He said quietly.
            Right away, she stopped crying as if her emotions were still uncontrollable.
            Leo gave a sigh and the he turned to Forrest who seemed quiet for once. “Forrest, how are you feeling?”
            Forrest had his bazooka cube thrown onto the boat. “Terrible.”
            “Why is that?” Leo wondered. “And don’t throw the cube on the boat. This boat could be unsanitary!”
            “Didn’t you see what I did? I used the bazooka to destroy a whole city and the underwater stuff. I didn’t know it was that strong. I broke Rha-des-sia’s pretty land.”
            Leo swished his hands to the left and then to the right alternatively.
            “Eheh… you don’t need to worry about that. In some cases, it helped us! It could even show the Gammel army that you’re a strong boy!”
            “But was it a heroic thing to do?”
            Lydia remembered what Jess told Forrest back at Kyrie before they split. “Forrest, I think Jess was trying to tell you that being a hero doesn’t mean always doing what you think is right.”
            “Lydia is correct- Or, well, Jess. Whoever she is. My point is, being heroic means you have to take chances and do what’s most convenient for the long run when you actually do do the right thing.”
            Forrest chuckled a little.
            “Did I say something funny?”
            “You said doodoo. Hehe.”
            Leo blinked several times. “Um… Well, I mean…”
            Lydia uncontrollably slapped Leo in the face. “How nice. You’re so good with children,” She said emotionlessly.
            Leo almost fell off the sailboat. “What kind of flattery was that?!” He whined without showing anger.
            Once he sat back up, he grabbed the toy bazooka cube. “Forrest,” Forrest finally looked at him. “I’m sorry that I haven’t given you this myself. I was in a hurry, you see.” Forrest had no idea how to respond. “Instead, I’m going to start over.”
            He sat forward and reached his arm out towards Forrest with the cube, “This is for you.”
            Forrest blushed. “Huh?? Y-You don’t have to give it to me twice!” He made a soft smile.
            “I want to. And please, cherish it. Don’t shame it onto the ground just because you used it to destroy some little landscape.”
            Forrest grabbed the cube. “But…”
            “All you have to do is control the flame that was thrown into it. Simple stuff. Here, actually…!” Leo grabbed the cube and then he summoned the bazooka.
            “What are you doing??”
            Leo turned away and he grabbed something out of his pocket. Forrest and Lydia stared at each other, listening to a few squeaky noises in between Leo and the bazooka.
            “Tada!” He turned around and then he showed Forrest the bazooka. There were large letters written on the bazooka with permanent marker.
            “Whoa! ‘KABOOM!’,” Forrest giggled. “I like it so much!!!” He began laughing rather loudly. “Thanks, Mister Leonardo!!”
            “Eheh, no! You can just call me Leo!”
            Lydia coughed. “I thought royal families were stingy, but it looks like Leo is a giver.”
            Forrest began to cry as he hugged onto Leo’s trench coat. “Thank you so much. This makes me really happy. I haven’t had a gift this great since… I don’t remember actually…”
            He was right. It has been several years since his parents had disappeared, and even then, he was too young to remember specific events that he had with both his mother and father.


How Much Wood Would Forrest Chuck?



            “Look!” Lydia pointed at the mist ahead. Her emotionless voice trembled. [End music]
            Leo stood up immediately. “Goodness!” He called out loud. “It’s… bigger than I have imagined!”
            Forrest tilted his head. “What are those floating white thingies?”
            “White clouds that are somehow able to float at lower levels,” Leo answered him. “This place… It’s…”
            Lydia and Leo said at the same time, “The Lake City Prima, home of the most beautiful luxury and artifacts in the world.”
            Forrest began jumping uncontrollably. “OOH! OOH! Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!!!”
            The sailboat began ravaging forward and back due to Forrest’s excitement, causing Lydia to fall to her knees and Leo to completely fall off the boat.
            “Oh, woops!” Forrest chuckled.

~ Lake City Prima – South Gate ~


            Lydia, Forrest, and Leo finally made their way to the city. Well… it was an extremely odd exterior compared to any other place that they had visited before. The Lake City Prima was surrounded by several shrouds of pure, white clouds that lighted up the whole city. The city itself was floating on a giant rock, but it stayed in place. The group of three could hear so many positive screams ranging from roller coaster yells to comedic laughter. Well, in Rhadessia, they don't really call them roller coasters. They call these 'magnet riders', and they are not as thrilled and large as the ones we know of.
            “I hope this will be the first place that won’t be destroyed because of our existence,” Lydia said without emotion.
            Leo felt guilty. “Ah… I can only imagine what your adventure was like before I came along.”
            Lydia suddenly fell to her knees, crying. “It was horrible! We always had to run, and townspeople got hurt along the way!”
            “Look what you did,” Forrest whined.
            “But I…!”
            “Welcome, welcome, newcomers!” A girl called from a nearby pole that was stuffed under the water, sticking itself into the giant, floating rock. [Music 6.1]
            Forrest headed for the front of their small sailboat. “Who said that? Do you two see anyone??”
            They could hear a clinking noise and it became louder in an instant. A girl fell from the top of the pole and down onto the water with a giant, silver platform. Water splashed all over Forrest and Leo.
            “I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I’m new at work here and I can never get this stupid machine right. Oh well! You can get washed up at our hotels! It’s only several thousands of gold per night, hehe!”
            Forrest cried. “Darn it… Something tells me she did that on purpose just to take our money.”
            “Oh, oh! Newcomers, right?! I need to give you a tour!”
            She was just as ecstatic as the passport girl from the Town of Igor, only this time she wore a blue suit that squeaked with each movement.
            Forrest faced directly upward and he could see a few people riding along a magnet rider that stuck out from the rocks.
            “Whoa… Leo, Leo! I want to go on there! Can you take me?!”
            “Wha? But shouldn’t we go find those shards for Felix and Rina?”
            “I know, I know. But we should take this time now to play for a few minutes before it’s too late.”
            Leo shrugged. “Well, I don’t see a problem with that. Assuming that the other two went to South Ouli Brye, they are probably having a blast at its awesome markets and inns. And… of course the amazing pubs, if they are old enough, that is.”
            “Rina is not,” Lydia answered.
            “Well then let’s assume they’re having some fun anyway,” Leo said as the three of them docked their sailboat and stood onto the platform.
            “All aboard to the Lake City Prima, where fun and enjoyment will always prosper!”
            “You just used similar adjectives to describe this place. Unprofessional,” Lydia said bluntly.
            “What?” The blue-suited girl became irked.
            Forrest tried to jump and cover Lydia’s mouth at the same time.
            “Sh!!!” He chuckled in guilt. “We’re sorry. She’s a little tired.”

            It took about five minutes to reach the depths of the rocks which of course, felt very high up from the Rhadessian ground level.
            As they made their way to the Primarian ground level, two jesters on each end did a cartwheel down the path and a red carpet was rolled further away into the distance for the three group members. Some of the workers blew streamers and microphones were being used to cheer in the newcomers.
            Forrest became shy. He hid behind Leo throughout their entire walk down the red carpet. A little boy tried to take a picture from the side and Lydia kicked him in the face.
            Forrest gasped. “Lydia!! What are we going to do with you when Rina is not here??”
            “He bothered me,” She said without care.
            Leo began stretching. “Ahhh… This is exactly how I imagined Lake City Prima from the books and magazines.”
            “You mean they’re like this all the time?” Forrest became red from embarrassment. He was being showcased to crowds of happy people for the first time.
            The worker chimed into the conversation. “Yes! Our duty, as workers, must welcome new visitors to make them feel at home and enjoy their stay here.”
            “To drain our money,” Leo joked.
            “N-No! We enjoy new faces!”
            Leo became sarcastic with her, “Oh it’s fine.~ It’s a win-win situation as long as you take our money, and we continue to enjoy our stay in return. Even if your goal is to drain money, at least you’re doing a good job at it.”
            The worker turned red. Forrest could imagine train noises and smoke coming out of her ears in embarrassment.
            “Q-Quite the charmer, you are!” The worker blushed like a tomato. “But I assure you we love our newcomers!”
            “You love me?” Leo continued with his sarcasm.
            Forrest pushed Leo forward. “I didn’t know you were sarcastic and flirty, Leo. Let’s just keep going! I don’t want to cause a scene at another city.”
            “I was just playing with her, heh. I don’t really want to be a ladies-man but they keep coming to me.”
            The worker stopped. Her shift was over to introduce them to the city as now they are within the Lake City Prima. “Bye! I-I hope you can actually play with me next time we meet!”
            “N-No thank you!” Leo fell to the ground in surprise. [End music]
            Forrest became confused. “What does she mean by ‘play with me’??”

~ Lake City Prima – Central Plaza – Road to Entertainment ~


            Down the red carpet, the group of three party members entered a large plaza that looked like a park filled with several different plants. [Music 16.1]
            Leo sniffed one of them. “Ah… baby sycamores. They’ll grow into nice trees someday.”
            “You mean they are growing a tree indoors??”
            “It wouldn’t seem weird knowing how amazing this place is.”
            “Hm, maybe you’re right.” Forrest noticed that everyone was walking around casually, almost each of them not alone. They all had families walking together and the like.
            Leo noticed that Forrest was suddenly not feeling so well.
            “I wonder what happened to my mom and dad?”
            “You don’t know?”
            “I really don’t. They just… disappeared and never came back. I thought they abandoned me, but other kids had the same problem too. I wanted to find an answer, but I was and still am just a kid. I can’t just go around asking people at this time. Even when I become an adult, it will be too late. They would have forgotten those parents by now.”
            “But the gov-“
            Leo quickly closed Lydia’s mouth. “Does he even know that the Gammel army had something to do with those parents?”
            Lydia shook her head, not knowing if he knew.
            Forrest wiped his face. “Right now is not the time to think about it though! Hehe. See? Everyone is so happy, so we should be too!” He noticed one person in particular – another child standing in front of a tall man in a cloak.
            The child was wearing a beige beret. A short bandana was tied around the child’s neck, and suspenders were worn to the waist, followed by short-shorts and long baseball socks. This person was almost beige from top to bottom! The poor child had a concerned look on their face.
            “Huh??” Forrest became confused. “That girl doesn’t look happy though.” The child that Forrest saw was actually frowning.
            ‘Frowning’…? The child’s eyes were slanted upward and dark bags were under the eyes, followed by dirt from the beige outfit.
            Leo said quietly to himself, “That’s strange. This person must have grown up to be demented if their eyes are naturally slanted upward.”
            “Which girl? He looks like a boy,” Lydia said.
            “Nuh uh. That’s a girl for sure.”
            “But his clothes make him look like a boy.”
            “But what about her hair?”
            The child turned to them with demented eyes and a crooked frown. Forrest gulped in fear as he was startled.
            Leo shrugged. “Or this child could be genderless. Who knows?”
            “Is there such thing?” Forrest questioned him while pretending that they were not staring.
            “Of course. If they feel that gender is not what defines who they are, then that is fine to them and we should understand that.”
            “Hrm… I don’t get it, but I’ll probably get used to it. I still think she’s a girl! But then again, Lydia’s guesses are always right…” He turned back to the child. “H-Hey, that kid is gone. A-And so is the cloaked person! Where did they go?”
            Leo was stumped. Even he thought something was going in between them behind all of the joyful city.
            “We shouldn’t think about it too much. You said you wanted to have fun, right?”
            “Oh yeah! Even I forgot, hehe! Let’s start with the magnet riders!!!”
            “We have to pay for those!”
            Forrest and even Lydia looked at him, waiting for the signal.
            “Oh… and I’m right here.”
            “Cool!! Don’t worry. I’ll pay you back when I can!”
            The pre-teen and the teenager both ran together towards the nearest magnet rider.
            Leo said in shame, “Aw… It’s like I have to take care of two children. But then again, they remind me of my early years…”

~ Lake City Prima – Tour of the City ~


            It has been several hours since the group of three left the central plaza. The magnet riders were one of Forrest’s favorites, but Lydia felt sick without letting anyone know. Of course, it was because no one knew she was feeling queasy. She had no emotions.


The Colossal of Eternal Death



After the first few magnet riders, they arrived at an animal zoo where they spent about two hours looking a snakes, monkeys, lions, and porcupines. The main attraction for Lydia was the parrot.
            A zookeeper held a parrot on his arm. “Come right up! Speak to Perry the Parrot! It will repeat what you say!”
            Lydia stood in front of it. “I like the taste of wood.”
            “Raaawk! Ilikethetasteofwoooood!”
            Half of the audience clapped and the other half sounded confused by her statement.
            Forrest tried to stop her. “Lydia, we should skip this one.”
            “The Gammel army is a consp-“
            Leo covered her mouth. “She has no idea what she’s talking about, heh!” Once Lydia stopped shuffling away from his mouth, Leo moved away.
            “Cities get destroyed every time I-“
            Forrest laughed barbarically. “GAHAHAH. OH YOU’RE SO FUNNY. Did you all hear that?! She’s so good at jokes!”
            The city folk were looking at each other in silence at first and then they laughed along.
            “Hey you’re right, she is pretty funny. I like her!” One man said.
            “And she’s hot!” Another man called out from nearby.
            Lydia kicked him on the face. “Creep.”
            Forrest panicked, laughing out loud even more. “HAAAAHHAAA!! OH STOP IT YOU, YOU’RE TOO FUNNY. OKAY. LET’S GET OUT OF HERE.”
            Forrest dragged her away and Leo followed. A few children were whispering to each other behind the parrot.
            “Raaawk! Whataweirdo. Whataweirdo!”
            The last stop they made was the mini-lake during the sunset. This was rather short as they did not want to stay long. It only reminded them of wanting to have picnics with a real family or with a full group of friends. They wanted to copy some of them who illegally fed ducks while the guards were sleeping on the job, but there was not much time to waste as they were getting exhausted.

            The last place they visited was the Le Petit Place de Prima which was one of the fanciest places in Prima to eat in. Throughout their journey, it was time they had the best meals of all, but Forrest took a simple bread and cheese meal because he enjoyed them back at Kyrie for years in the past.


Food of Le Petit Place de Prima



            Still, it was much better than any meal he had tasted before. Wonder what would it be like if he tried something actually fancier? [End music]

~ Lake City Prima – Eastern Plaza – Inn ~


            It was dark but there was still a lot of noise out at night! The same amount of screams from magnet riders and comedic showcases were still brewing. Forrest skipped his way through a thick bridge over a running fountain and river water. You could even see the Moon’s reflection shining against the flowing waters. [Music 16.2]
            “So, so, where are we going next, Leo?!”
            “I’m going to book us an inn. Are you getting a little sleepy?”
            “Aw, I don’t want to go to bed.”
            “You haven’t slept during proper hours and at your age, you need to.”
            “Leo, I thought you were coooool.~” Forrest’s voice rang in a specific tune. “Pleaaaase?”
            Lydia suddenly fell to the ground. She began snoring.
            “That was fast…” Forrest rolled his eyes. “Darn it. I guess we have to sleep…”

            Leo managed to order a room with three king-sized beds.
            “Ah! What a day huh?”
            “Yeah it was, but we have to stay quiet for Lydia.”
            “I’m awake now.”
            “What?! Just a second ago, you knocked out!” Forrest shouted.
            Leo turned to his right, facing the walls and a lamp. “We could try to sleep well for this night. Who knows what may come for the next several days?”
            Forrest whined. “I guess you’re right…”
            Forrest tried to close his eyes and only a few hours later, time already reached 12 AM. He opened his eyes, having trouble sleeping.
            Leo noticed him shuffling around. “Forrest? Have you been sleeping at all?”
            “Not much…”
            “I’m up too,” Lydia interrupted them.
            Leo grinned. “Same here. I guess I’m thinking a lot about Ouli Brye right now.”
            “Really? What’s wrong?”
            Leo cupped his head with both of his hands. His green hair slid to the side. “It’s just… I’m here having fun, but I bet my best friend, Ace, is having difficulty trying so hard to restore the city. I told him I’m leaving to seek out the Gammel army, and here I am wasting time.”
            “You think this was a waste of time??” Forrest began to cry.
            “N-No! I didn’t mean it like that! I’m actually glad I had this night to relax with you two. But, I also feel guilty not doing much.”
            “Don’t worry. We’ll get to it. For now, let’s spend this last night relaxing.”
            Leo began to chuckle. “One last night to relax, yes?”
            “Yep, yep! Why do you ask?”
            “Forrest, do you want to stay up?”
            “Oh boy, I would be so happy to! What do you have planned?!”
            “I know it’s 12 AM, but who cares. Let’s go! I’m taking you to the place where I like to spend my time in most!”
            Forrest began jumping on the perfectly clean bed. “YAY!! I can’t wait! You’re the best fake-dad I could ever have!”
            “D-Dad?!” Leo blushed.
            “Does that make me the daughter?” Lydia asked without emotion.
            “S-Stop it! I’m not that old!” Leo wanted to cry. [End music]

~ Lake City Prima – Northeastern Plaza – Auction House ~


            By the eastern end of the city, Leo took them to an auction house.
            “What’s this??” Forrest pointed at the large building. [Music 4.1]
            “I remember having one of these in South Ouli Brye. It’s called an Auction House.”
            “Octin house? What’s that for?”
            “Auction,” Leo kindly repeated for him, “And it’s for people who bet money for something that they really want. Like a bazooka. You start off at a low price, say… one gold, and people will keep calling out numbers at a higher price until no one can beat them. It’s great, I promise. I used to go all the time and win all the cool prizes!”
            Forrest became uninterested. “Aw, that sounds like rich people stuff…”
            Leo reached the bulletin board. “It’s different here. They actually display the prizes on the board before the auction starts. In Ouli Brye, the prizes are a surprise, so it would be terrible to bet all your money on an item, and then the second item happens to be much more amazing.”
            “That’s kind of like gambling, huh?”
            “Exactly!”
            Lydia pointed at the last prize at the bottom. “There are three grand prizes, and the third says… ‘Violet Prism’.”
            “What does that mean?”
            Two girls in nice, red dresses appeared before them. They both seemed a little… tipsy.
            “Oh, you’re aiming for the Violet Prism too? I hear it shines very bright. It would look good in my household!”
            “I want it, though!” The other girl said. “I want to give it to my boyfriend.”
            “Girl, your boyfriend doesn’t even like you.”
            “What did you say? He loves me!”
            Leo stood in between them. “Ladies, please calm down. What is this Violet Prism exactly?”
            “I don’t know. Did you read the pamphlet? It gives detailed descriptions of the items for tonight. Here is ours. Next time, be prepared if you’re going to the auction house, big boy.~”
            As the two girls left, Leo began reading the pamphlet. “Hm… Brass Knuckles made by the best blacksmith in Lake City Prima – that’s the first prize. The second one is a BB gun extension, best for your children’s full enjoyment. That doesn’t sound safe at all.”
            Forrest jumped in happiness. “Ooh! I want it, I want it!!”
            “Er… I’ll try to get it. The last one is the Violet Prism, recently found several days ago. Its bright light reveals tremendous energy emitted by the sacred eradicated race.”
            “What does that even mean??” Forrest tilted his head. [End music]
            Lydia’s heart began pounding faster. “It’s coming.”
            “Huh? What’s wrong, Lydia?”
            “I can feel it getting closer.” She suddenly faced the auction house with her body walking closer to the front door. “It’s here, the violet shard.”
[Ending 2 music]
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On the next episode, we will find out how the main group will get the violet shard. That should be the fourth one by now, right? Based on the next episode's title, you can guess money will be spent, but how will it be spent? The violet shard is the third item on the list, so what are the first two? Will Leo spend money on those? Find out next time on The Obsidian Tale!
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