Adam-"How much farther is the forest exactly?"
Marigold-"I already told you it was a several days trip"
Joe-"You hadn't said that until after we had already travelled for several hours and that was yesterday. How many days is several?"
Marigold-"I don't know"
Damion-"How can you know the location of a place without knowing how long it takes to get there?"
Marigold-"I vaguely know it's location"
Damion-"...How can you vaguely know the location of a place without knowing how many days it takes to get there"
Marigold-"I know the region, I also know what kingdoms are nearby it. Unfortunately regions are large and I don't know what constitutes as nearby for Lucious. Besides this walk will likely be the easiest part of our quest"
Joe-"That's easy for you to say, you're floating above the ground"
Marigold is revealed to be floating a couple inches above the ground.
Julius-"I can't let her exaughst herself, and this is easier than having a golem do it"
Joe-"Why does she get to float"
Elise-"She has small legs, it would be difficult for her to keep up"
Damion-"Julius is smaller than her and he keeps up"
Adam-"Well Julius can float"
Joe-"Well why don't we get to float?"
Julius-"I can levitate you guys too if you want"
Joe-"Oh yeah, well I can go for that"
Julius-"It would drain my mana to maintain my gravity skill for so long. It would probably be easier if I just made a car"
Adam-"Is that another one of those machines you've made like these cellphones you gave us"
Julius-"Yes, it's made for transporting small groups of people over long distances at a fast pace"
Elise-"Sounds perfect for our situation"
Adam-"Yeah it's like it was made for this"
Julius-"It was"
Adam-"I- Nevermind"
Joe-"You know speaking of small groups. I think we should come up with a name for us"
Julius-"What?"
Joe-"Well powerful adventurer parties typically have names for their group"
Adam-"That's true, before it was just me and Elise so we didn't really need a name. But now that it's all of us, it would make sense to come up with a team name"
Julius-"A team name huh? Hmmm"
Elise-"How about the brutalizers"
Julius-"I don't know about that one"
Elise-"What? We go around brutalizing monsters and bad guys"
Julius-"Still no"
Damion-"Adventurers?"
Elise-"You want us as a team of adventurers to be called the Adventurers?"
Damion-"It's accurate"
Elise-"Something like that wouldn't strike fear into the hearts of our enemies"
Damion-" So the murders then?"
Marigold-"Excuse me!?"
Julius-"Why is that what your mind came to!?"
Damion-"You said strike fear into the hearts of our enemies. Plus we killed Lucious so it's accurate"
Adam-"I can safely say the name is not up to you"
Julius-"Didn't you say you haven't killed anyone before?"
Damion-"That's correct, although now I have aided in murder"
Julius-"Lucious was a psychopath that... doesn't count. And I plan on never needing to do that again"
Adam-"Well how about the A team"
Joe-"I'm guessing the A stands for Adam"
Adam-"Hey it stands for Julius too since he's an atom"
Joe-"Why not just call ourselves the Atom team then"
Adam-"Well that's just too on the nose. Although if you guys want that as the name I wouldn't complain"
Marigold-"You could combine the letters like A,D,O,M"
Elise-"We're not calling ourselves the Adam team"
Adam-"You're the one that wanted to call us the brutalizers"
Damion-"Julius should pick the name probably"
Elise-"That's not fair, he joined me and Adam"
Damion-"He's the most powerful person in the group and the smartest, and saved me, and saved you, twice"
Adam-"The first time was a team effort"
Damion-"You two are stubborn"
Joe-"Damion has a point, I think Julius should get to choose our group name. As long as his names aren't bad"
Marigold-"I'm not really sure if I should have an opinion for this since I haven't been a part of your group. But I agree with Joe"
Elise-"Seriously?"
Adam-"Well majority rules I guess, what do you think Julius?"
Julius-"Well I- I'm not really good with naming things"
Joe-"Just throw some stuff at the wall, see what sticks"
Damion-"What is he throwing at the wall?"
Joe-"You obviously know that's an expression"
Julius(in his head)-"Hmmm"
Voice-"Want some suggestions?"
Julius(in his head)-"No I want to think of one"
Julius-"Actually, I'm going to create a car real quick for us to get there. I'll try to think of a name before I'm done"
Voice-"Creating a car is easier than coming up with a name for the group"
Julius(in his head)-"For me? Yes"
Julius-"Evolved skill: omni particle control"
Julius takes some of the stone and dirt from the ground to turn into metal and begin constructing a car.
Joe-"Hey guys, you wanna talk for a moment?"
Marigold-"Can't we talk here?"
Joe-"Just come here for a second"
The rest of the group huddles around Joe while Julius is working on the car.
Joe-"Something has been bothering me"
Elise-"Well spit it out"
Joe-"It's just, I feel like we haven't been appreciative of Julius enough"
Marigold-"What do you mean?"
Joe-"Well, in just a short while he's done so much for us, it's like Damion said. He's saved our lives, freed Damion. Freed us from mind control. Plus he's made a house for us to stay in, now he's making a car thing for us to ride in. Heck we hardly even use these phone things he gave us"
Damion-"He's done a lot"
Adam-"You think we aren't appreciating him enough for all of that?"
Joe-"I mean yeah, he makes this stuff and we are confused. When he started making the house all we did was complain about how it looked. We never use the machines he worked hard to make for us. It's just been bothering me"
Marigold-"Julius seems like an amazing guy"
Elise-"It's not like we don't thank him for it, plus he seems happy"
Damion-"Hard to tell without a face"
Adam-"And his voice is just sound magic too. Not really any cues to know how he is feeling"
Marigold-"We should be more thankful of Julius from here on out"
Adam-"You're probably right"
The group steps back from the huddle. They look over and see the car has been completed. It's a type of off road van with big wheels for the terrain. On the front where a brand logo would be is a small metal sculpture of an atom. The van is silver and has four doors with tinted windows.
Julius-"You guys like it? I also made it electric so it doesn't spew out exhaust gas. Although you guys probably don't know what that is. I wonder if this world even has oil for gasoline"
Marigold-"It looks great"
Julius-"Thanks, also I added a small seat inside for you Marigold"
Marigold-"Thank you"
Joe-"Have you thought of a name yet?"
Julius-"I have, how about we call ourselves... the technomancers"
End of chapter 75