The Race begins

Sprite was taken to a magic infirmary as she remained a deflated husk of herself as Cerci and Genie were sitting at a guild table..

“Do we really need to get new members?” Asked Cerci

“Well, until we can get someone to find a way to cure this strange magic we really don’t have much of a choice but to find new blood!” Said Cerci as a teenager male warrior and a teenaged girl come in…

“Hey Hey Names Dasher, we’re here about the ad about joining your little party!” He said holding up a help wanted poster that guilds usually used…

“Alright Dasher, Names Cerci and who’s your friend?”

“Ohh, She’s just some kind of healer!” Said Dasher

“Yeah sure actually I’m a Druid, anyways I’m Nellie, so what kind of quests do you need help with?”

“Ech….!!” Said Cerci

“It’s complicated, basically we’re trying to save our partner from some guy with a magic triangle helm on his head!” Said Genie

“Triangle helm?” Asked Nellie

“Hmm….. sounds fun I’m in!” Said Dasher

“Yeah….. me too!” Said Nellie as they signed a contract to join their party..

Meanwhile…..

Megan started to wake up tired as she saw herself in the same place where the Artefacts laid…

“Ahhh look who’s awake!” Said Slate walking in the room holding the Shard of Splitting..

“Slate, what is all this?” She said as she tired to move only to find herself strapped down onto a table..

“Megan Stop struggling I’m just making some alterations to you!” He said putting the Crown of Corruption on her head

“Alterations, I don’t understand, what’s going on?!”

“Simple, I’m removing your self doubt so we can proceed with getting all the Artefacts we can!”

“What no…. Please why do we need to go through with all this?!”

“….. sigh…. ok ok, I suppose you deserve the truth, you see I was a young and ambitious man who wanted to make his folks proud of him….. until the day they were…… eh hehe ahhhh!” Slate looked like he was about to cry from behind the Helm..

“Ehh hehehe ahahahaha, I’m sorry…. I can’t do it…. Hehehahahah, Power…. I’m a GREEDYYY little man who’s in it for the POWER!!!”

“What?!”

“Hehehehaha wow did I really get you going or what?”

“So that’s it, then why all of this?”

“Come on, I don’t need a reason, I just want to change the world to how I’d want it speaking of which!” He said holding the Shard of Splitting

“My helms done research on The Shard of Splitting, an Artefact that can split vast properties away from a person, body parts, emotions, so forth..!”

“You’re going to split off a part of my feelings!?”

“Yess, you still feel some good somewhere in your little body, I’m going to split it out of you and corrupt your mind with the crown to become a heartless villain like me!” Said Slate

“Please, don’t do this!!”

“Ohh how cute!” Said Slate as he shoves the shard into her!

“Arghhh!!”

“I think I’m going to miss that part of you the most, maybe a little bit!” Said Slate as he sticks it in deeper…

And so our heroes prepare to head out to find the rest of the Artefacts hidden throughout the world…. But will Slate make it any easy for them?