Dialogue and actions/narration only
*The groups about to head back up to the main floor when they find a another Wormhole on Sub-level 3. It leads to the Central city just south of the Shorpi palace citadel, unfortunately the area’s locked up preventing them from even exploring. The girls have no choice but return and try another wormhole. So they attempt to unlock the way to the viewing platform on the main tower. Clara activates the switch at the bottom and quickly gets into the ball position with Clare to roll to the top. She hits the hidden switch before it turns off and opens the gate. Clare summons the babies to the top floor as well. Now they’re all ready to depart to the other dimension once again. They hop in and disappear in the swirling lights.
(Northern Desert: past)
Clara: Sand?
Clare: Ugh, not the northern desert… I hate this place. It’s always too hot… (Clara and Lil Clara are benefitting too much from the heat) And you two, control your fire! Geez.
Clara: It’s not our fault, it’s always like this in warm places.
Clare: Well, we are pretty far from the border. The Shorpi might not have invaded here either. Let’s head towards some shade first. (M.I.S.U provides some sun protective clothes for her and Lil Clare as they start the trek in the Desert)
Clara: How much… further, Sis? I feel like… I’m gonna… over heat….
Clare: I don’t even know where we’re going. but there has to be a Core fragment somewhere around here. (A little more walking and she see a structure) Wait I see something! Something large!
Clara: That means there’s shade! (They both dash towards the structure and arrive at the Northern Desert Ruins) Huh. Was these ruins always here?
Clare: The one in our dimension is probably nothing but rubble by now. Let’s just get inside and recover for now. (Clara helps her open the doors and when the get inside…)
Clara: ACK!!
Clare: WAH!!
Shorbe: !!! (The girls run out of the ruins as fast as they can)
Clara: RUN! RUN! RUN! RUN!
Clare: I WAS WRONG! I WAS WRONG! I WAS SO VERY WRONG!!! (A Shorpi horde chases after them. The girls hide in a small crevice nearby. The Shorpi pass right by them)
Clara: Huff, huff…. Dat’s… a lotta guys! Huff…
Clare: Haah… Hoof, there was… WAY too many… this, definitely wasn’t expected… (The babies crawl out in the open)
Lil Clare: all gone?
Clare: BABIES! NO!!! (She runs after them and catches them) It’s not safe yet, we need to hide! (One Shorbe that came back found them) EEK!! (The Shorbe chases them around)
Clara: It’s just one, you can take him! (Something moves under the sand next to Clara)
Kyla: Ha! You saps are all wet! (Kyla digs herself out from the sand beside Clara)
Clara: Woah! Who’s this?
Kyla: Waltz into the dome’s front door and you’re sure to get spotted and carted away lickety-split!
Clara: Oh, hey Kyla! When’d you get here?
Kyla: What? You remember me, Huh? Seeing the Eternian Express’ reporter doll has gotcha all goofy, does it? <3 (Not really) That’s right Kyla K’s got your number!
Clara: My number? Oh, is it 7? (Clare and the babies are still running from the Shorbe)
Kyla: No time to chat! I got a hunch this story’s gonna be bigger then the Drogo’s Island hoo-ha! Here’s the scoop. Princess Shroba of the Shorpi is gonna be arriving here any minute now!
Clara: Wait, you mean the Shorbe’s leader is coming here?!
Kyla: Yeah, there’s gonna be a big to-do celebrating the conquest of the Eternia Kingdom! (Lil Clara leads the runs as Clare carries Lil Clare) And that’s just the fries, girls. Here’s the burger. Some other royalty-type’s coming too!
Clara: Um, weird question. Did it happen to be tall lady with yellow hair in armored dress?
Kyla: My sources indicate this other damsel likes white and pink, and has a crown on her forehead. So she May be royalty of some sort.
Clara: Yeah, that’s my Bigger Sis. Queen Sariah.
Kyla: WHAT? Sariah? The doll they’re bringing here is young Princess Sariah???
Clara: Guess I should explain a bit. Y’see, My Sariah came here in a sort of Space-time machine and The Shorpi Princess took her away.(Lil Clara’s riding on top of Clare while carrying Lil Clare, while also being chased by the Shorbe)
Kyla: Princess Sariah came here in a time doohickey and got pinched by Princess Shroba?!
Clara: If “pinched” means taken, then yes. (Now only Clare’s being chased by the Shorbe while the Babies are chasing it with hammers)
Kyla: I gotta get this straight… you’re snooping about trying to rescue the adult Princess Sariah?
Clara: That’s about it.
Kyla: Sounds like balloon juice to me, girlie…but what a scoop it’d be if you’re on the level! (Clare comes back to back with the Shorbe, once the realize this the Shorbe gives chase again) Alrighty then! You need to get into the dome so you can nab that Queen, right?
Clara: Yeah! If we find her, She can get rid of all the Shorbes no problem!
Kyla: Well, word on the street is there’s supposed to be a secret entrance around here… Word on the street ain’t so specific, though, so I dunno about it’s whereabouts… (The Babies catch the Shorbe and Spin attack it away, they also hit Clare)
Clara: Hm… Secret entrance, eh?
Kyla: You’re not getting in through here, regardless, so you gotta find that secret entrance! Here’s the only dirt I got. The entrance is connected somehow to four desert statues.
Clara: A Statue? I think I might’ve seen one…
Kyla: Now knuckle down and find that entrance, ya cutie!
Clara: What about you, Kyla?
Kyla: I’ve got some sleuthing of my own to take care of. Good luck, ponytail!
Clara: K bye! (The babies are giggling at Clare lying down in the sand) Hey Sis! I just found out lot’s of great stuff from Kyla. Now I know what we can do!
Clare: Just…give me a moment. I don’t want to move anymore.
*Clara gives her twin all the details she learned from Kyla and they set out to search for the Desert statues. Along the way there are Shorbe divers swimming in the sand, Clare thinks they’re moles. They also encounter Stactus heads which pop out as a full Stactus at close proximity. Eventually the team found the first Statue.
Clara: Is this one of the statue things?
Clare: It looks like a Skullo head. If this is one, then there are three others just like it. (She notices a sign next to the statue) Oh, I found a sign here.
Clara: What’s it say?
Clare: I hope this is the instructions. “Mystery of the Northern Desert. By ???. Desert sentinels face each other, waiting to be linked by beams of light. A pair must stand by each statue to open its eyes. One pair jumps quickly in the ordained order…The second pair follows suit, also jumping in order. …That’s the legend. It appears to be a hint as to how these distant statues are to be connected. One would assume the statues looking up and looking down could be connected similarly… ” is what it says.
Clara: So did you figure it out , Sis?
Clare: It seems the statutes come in pairs, and the two buttons activate it. But… (Lil Clara and Lil Clare turn it on) Wait!! Not yet! (A beam shoots out, it stops ten seconds later)
Clara: Did that work?
Clare: Of course not. Let me finish explaining it!
Lil Clare: sowwy.
Clare: *Sigh* What I was about to say is that we will have to find the adjacent statue and activate it in the same timeframe.
Clara: Oooh, so it didn’t work cause the other statue isn’t on. Then we should find all the statues first. Where’re they at?
Clare: I would guess at key locations, like north, south, east and west of the ruins. This statue is west of the ruins, so it partner must be east. Let’s start there. (She leads the team towards the region east of the ruins. Clara spots another Statue just south of their location)
Clara: Hey Sis! I see one! Isn’t that the first statue partner?
Clare: Hmm, I’m going to have to say no. It facing more to the north. Let’s keep moving. (They arrive at the eastern side of the desert and find the third statue. It was guarded by Plosive) Okay, so I may have been a bit off on the locations. The first pair is in the east and west, but the second pair is in the northwest and southeast.
Clara: What’s the difference? We can still make them work.
Clare: Well, if we do it this way, It’ll be easier then I thought. First the Babies will stay here to activate this statute, meanwhile you and I will roll to its corresponding statue and activate it first. Then the Babies will go to the statue we passed by them selves while we look for the remaining statue. The babies will activate their statue after we find ours.
Clara: How will they know when to start?
Clare: Easy. The beams. Each statue sends a beam to its partner, we can use that as a signal. So worry won’t be necessary. (She has to explain it to the babies now) Okay kids, you two stay here. When you see the pretty lights, push theses switches. Then you both run to that statue and wait for more pretty lights to push more switches, okay?
Lil Clara: kay, kay.
Lil Clare: we do it.
Clare: Good. Make sure you wait for us to pick you up at the next statue. Alright Clara, let’ get to our position.
Clara: On it Sis! (The Twins roll away back to the west side of the desert)
Lil Clara: pwetty lights! pwetty lights! (She’s excited to see the beams)
End of Part Nineteen
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