Desert Showdown

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Yn: "This is it, the middle of...nowhere." I sighed gazing at the barren landscape before us. It had only been a few hours since we'd arrived and the sun was just barely starting to rise casting long shadows across the sand. Pulling an all-nighter hadn't sat well with the group but we weren't about to give up now. 

Avinia: "Yeah...it sure seems pretty empty but on the other hand it's a desert- although there's also no sign of any monsters so far." she nodded following my gaze.

Navirou: "We'll there's gotta be something! Look at those huge monster bones! It's almost half the size of the desert it's self!" Navirou chimed in, in his usual laid back tone. 

Avinia: "Yn, do you see that up ahead? Or am I hallucinating from the heat-? I think I see....people." she pointed ahead of us where there were in fact two people standing there, a small rounder one, and a slightly taller lanky fellow. 

Yn: "No I see them to, maybe they can give us some directions! Let's go!" I nodded and gave Pn a pat as we ran up to them. 

???: "Eh..? Who are you odd bunch? Are those Monsters you have at your side? I see! so you all must be the famous "Riders" I've heard oh so much about!" a semi-familiar old looking man greeted us with a toothy grin. 

???: "That's them, doctor! It really is! I knew we'd run into them-!" the thin younger boy excitedly beamed through his buckteeth. 

Avinia: "Yn..." she looked over at me worriedly and I returned her glance, this was undoubtedly the man we'd seen on the poster, but the guy next to him we didn't recognize. 

 Yn: "Who are you two? And you've heard of us

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 Yn: "Who are you two? And you've heard of us..?" I asked as I cautiously eyed the pair of outlaws, not waiting to start an immediate conflict trying to play it cool. 

Dr. Manelger: "Why I am the genius scientist Dr. Manelger! I study mon-" he was quickly cut off by the smaller male.

Itsy-Bits: "An I'm Itsy-Bits! Real names a secret ehehehe!" he childishly cackled as Manelger gave him an unamused look.

Dr. Manelger: "Ey! Pipe down you..! What did I say about interrupting? Anyways...you folks control Monsters with those stones as I know! I also have a similar mechanism for controlling the beasts!"

Avinia: "We don't 'control' Monsters, we bond with them and form Kinship-" Avinia sighed giving him a weary frown folding her arms, Navirou copying her trying (and failing) to look intimidating. 

Dr. Manelger: "Ah same thing, same thing..." he mumbled before speaking up again "I'd like to finish my research but I need your so-called Kinshipstone to complete it! So it would be nice if you could hand it over." he smirked and held out his hand. 

Yn: "We won't be doing that, you're a wanted outlaw! I've got our proof right here-!" I called and held out the wanted poster with a picture of him on it. 

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