Second pt 7- SIX MINUTES LATER

Segun: Nill! Nill, wake up! Is he alive, Server? He was underwater a long time, and I don’t think he’s breathing!

Server: Not in the normal way. Give him a moment to adjust.

Segun: What do you mean by that?

Server: Regardless of his Skill Level, Nill has the ultimate potential in Adaptability. If his life depends on it, he can adapt to breathe water. Yet, if he fully believes the water will kill him, he will have to fall unconscious before his body will be allowed to acclimate.

Segun: He was already unconscious when I got to him. I dragged him up through the lake and up the cliff, and he should be breathing air now, but he’s not. What else should I do?

Server: Look around. Where are you now? What are your surroundings?

Segun: We’re high on these warm rocks, and there’s jungle ahead with lots more jagged rocks and cliffs, as far as I can tell. I don’t see a defined path or any signs like in the Beginner Race.

Server: Put Nill on your back and run. It will serve the dual purpose of getting you somewhere in this race, and the wind against his skin may help him readjust.

Segun: Alright, up you go, Nill.

Knight: Your friend looks very dead!

Segun: What was that?

Server: Quintis’ Second.

Segun: I know it was Knight. Why was he inside a giant ball?

Server: Quintis must have Summoned him. The Seconds ride in a Pod to wherever their Contender is.

Segun: Then we should follow him.

Knight: You’re very fast! I’ve never met anyone who could keep up with a Summoner Pod, but you should watch out for traps!

Segun: What kind of…

~BOOM~

Segun: What was that noise?

Knight: Someone else didn’t watch out hard enough.

~BOOM~

Knight: And another one down. You look hilarious with your tail all fuzzed out like that. You scared?

Segun: Don’t laugh at me! What happens if your little ride here hits a trap?

Knight: The Pods are invincible.

Segun: Alright then.

Knight: What are you doing?

Segun: Catching a ride.

Server: Must you leap against the cliff face at such a breakneck pace? It is jarring, the way your gaze bounces.

Segun: Like I’ve said, you don’t have to watch.

Server: You are not bounding up these rocks with the intention of jumping down onto the top of Knight’s Pod, are you?

Segun: Actually, I’m gonna jump onto its side.

Server: Can you hold onto it and to Nill?

Segun: We’re about to find out.

Server: This is exponentially more disorienting than anything you have ever done.

Knight: You look ridiculous spinning around and around like that.

Segun: Do your quirky fans like it?

Knight: My fans like smart. You don’t look very smart right now. When you inevitably vomit, please have the decency to face the other direction.

Segun: I won’t…I won’t vomit! I’ll…adapt! I just have to…hang on!

Knight: I’m not sure this isn’t cheating. Fans are probably rooting against you now.

Segun: But we’re covering…a lot…of ground. And if this Pod…can’t hit any traps…then I…can’t hit any while riding it!

Knight: Idiot. I did not say It couldn’t hit traps. I just said it was invincible.

Segun: But…

~BOOM~

Segun: …Server, what happened? I can’t see anything. I think…are we flying, or is the ground that soft? Where’s Nill? I…can’t move. I…feel so…warm.

Continued in pt 8- SEVEN MINUTES LATER

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