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It was yet again another day in the circus, the gang woke up as usual, hating the fact that they were stuck in this stupid world…except for Oliver, but they definitely weren’t looking forward to today as Caine had told them that today was gonna be crazy, it was the triple challenge, having to deal with 3 challenges at once.
Pomni came out, she sighed, “Morning Pomni.” Oliver greeted her as he came up to her, “Hey Oliver.” Pomni muttered, “Hey, are you alright?” Oliver asked her, “No, not really, I’m not looking forward to today’s challenge, it doesn't help I didn’t sleep well from yesterday with the abstract monsters.” Pomni explained.
“Yeah, I can understand your…frustration.” Oliver replied, he then looked around, everyone was out…except Ragatha, “Hey, does anyone know where Ragatha is?” Oliver called out to the others, “Uh…no, I don’t.” Kinger replied, “Yeah, I haven’t seen her either.” Gangle also commented, Oliver pondered, then looked towards her room.
Oliver then walked up to her room and started knocking, “Ragatha, Ragatha, are you in there!?” Oliver said as he kept knocking, after a few minutes of knocking, Ragatha finally opened the door, Oliver instantly noticed she wasn’t looking too happy, more sad, “Ragatha, are you okay?” Oliver asked, Ragatha just sighed.
“Don’t worry Oliver, I’m fine, just a bit tired.” She responded, but Oliver was a bit suspicious, “You don’t look tired, more sad.” Oliver replied, “Oliver, I’m fine, I’m. Just. Tired.” Ragatha said, a little annoyance filling her voice, Oliver decided to take Ragatha’s word, after all, she was always honest with him, even when she was feeling sad, with that, the gang headed out.
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The gang arrived at the stage area, Ragatha just sat on the stage, just staying away from everyone else, at this point, Oliver was now starting to worry for her, Pomni came over, “Hey Oliver, are you okay?” She asked, “Yeah, but I’m worried for her.” Oliver responded, pointing at Ragatha, “She’s been sad since she came out and I don’t know why.” Oliver told her/
Pomni thought to herself about what Oliver had said, “Have you tried to talk with her?” Pomni asked, “Yes, a few times in fact, but she just keeps telling me it’s all right and she's a bit tired.” Oliver explained, “Something clearly ain’t right and I don’t know why she won’t talk with me about it, we always talk to each other when we’re feeling down.” He continued on, that’s when Caine appeared.
“Alright folks, it’s time for the triple challenge today!” He boomed with glee, “…” The gang just stared, “Oh come on, where’s that excitement?” Caine asked them. “Caine, no offense, but we hate this kind of challenge, why can’t we do something else.” Jax replied, “Well, you could do the lava run if you don’t wanna do this.” Caine said, showing the lava run where it was pretty much everywhere, “…Fine, I’ll do this.” He muttered.
“That’s the spirit Jax, now let’s begin.” Caine said, he snapped his fingers and the challenges appeared, they had to catch some little mouse rats, then there was a twister that they would have to avoid, and finally, there were zombie like creatures that they had to destroy, “Defeat all of this, or avoid it and you’ll win a great treat.” Caine said, “Now good luck!” He said and disappeared.
The twister started moving, but since it was blind, it went the wrong direction, the real problem began at the zombie, well, not quite as Jax had somehow equipped a gun, “Where did you get that?” Zooble asked him, “I’ve had this bad boy laying around for something like this.” Jax said to her, “So say hello to my little friend mates.” Jax said to the zombies, he shot the gun and it exploded pretty much all the zombies.
“Alright, the zombies have been taken care of, that twister is too busy going the wrong direction, now all that’s left is…those mice.” Jax groaned, suddenly, one ran under him, tripping him, “THOSE @#$#@@!!” Jax swore, Caine suddenly appeared, “NO SWEARING!!” He shouted, then left, Oliver decided to go see Ragatha.
Ragatha was still sitting on the stage, she was watching the carnage unfold, but it still wasn’t enough to cheer her up, Oliver came over and sat right next to her, “Hey Ragatha.” Oliver started, “Oh…hey Oliver.” Ragatha responded, what followed was awkward silence, “Ragatha…please.” Oliver toldher.
“Please what?” Ragatha responded, “Please….please just tell what’s wrong, you’ve never done this where you’ve kept your feelings a secret to me, what’s the matter?” Oliver asked her, Ragatha thought to herself for a moment, then let out a sigh, “I’m sorry Oliver, what I’m doing isn’t right, come with, I wanna go somewhere more private to talk about this.” Ragatha explained, so Oliver followed.
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They soon reached Ragatha’s room, they both went in and Ragatha sat down on the bed, “Alright Ragatha, you can tell me, what’s wrong?” Oliver asked her, and Ragatha started to tear up, “It’s just…” She started, tears starting to come down her cheeks, to which Oliver quickly dried them, after a few minutes, she finally broke.
“I just miss the world outside of this world!” She sobbed with all her heart, it was no secret to Oliver that even though Ragatha enjoyed Oliver’s company, she always did wanna return to the world that in a way, always fascinated Oliver, “And…and…I just wanna see my family.” She kept on sobbing.
“You know Ragatha, I can’t really say I feel your pain as you and the others are my family, but I can see why you’re sad.” Oliver said, getting on the bed, Ragatha sniffed as she looked at Oliver and for the first time that day, he saw her smile, she then hugged him, “Thanks Oliver, you always knew how to cheer others up and I’m happy to have you.” She said, “And I’m happy to have you too.” Oliver responded.
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Ragatha and Oliver walked out of her room, as they did, they saw Pomni and Jax capture a mouse rat, “Gotcha little rat.” Jax muttered, they then saw the two, “Oh hey Ragatha, you’re looking well.” Jax commented, “Yeah, you look more cheerful.” Pomni also commented, “Well, I couldn’t be happy if it weren’t for him.” Ragatha said, motioning to Oliver.
Oliver giggled, “Well, on the other bright side, we’ve defeated all the creatures and avoided the tornado, so Caine should be appearing real soon, so we better get going.” Jax said, Ragatha and Oliver looked at each other, “Ready?” Oliver said to her, “Yes, I am.” Ragatha responded and with that, they headed back to be congratulated by Caine.