Tri-Star Palette
Ep.#03 - Test Run
Written by: CS-Masyet

The next day, in Bel's class...

Bel: (Man, I already know all this stuff! Why can't I just stay and fight dark-colored with Oran and Reed instead of being here? This is totally pointless!)

RING! The bell rings.

Bel: (Hooray!) Goes to where she warped to the base yesterday. Okay... what do I do now?
Oran: Warps to where she was and warps back with her.
Reed: Hi, Bel!
Bel: Hey, Reed! Oran, how do I warp back here by myself?
Oran: Here, take this.
Bel: Huh?
Oran: Gives her a yellow box.
Bel: Opens it and finds a communicator, a weird-looking watch, and a three-pointed star-like object inside. Thanks, but what's this stuff for?
Oran: Put that communicator on your ear and the watch on your wrist. You'll need it to keep in contact with us from far away.
Bel: Puts the communicator on her left ear and the watch on her left wrist.
Oran: Pressing the yellow button on that watch will send you back here when you're at that spot at your school or vice versa.
Bel: What about this thing? Holds up the star-like object.
Reed: That's the most important thing!
Oran: It's your weapon to fight against the dark-colored with.
Bel: But how do I use this? And what does it do?
Oran: That depends on the person who uses it. For example, mine is a sword and Reed's is a boomerang.
Reed: Brok's shoots bullets and Penny's turns into an energy whip.
Bel: What about White's?
Reed: Dunno...
Bel: Are there any dark-colored we have to fight today? I want to see what mine does!
Oran: Not today. And even if there was, I wouldn't let you fight them anyway. You're still too inexperienced.
Bel: W-what?!? But how the heck am I supposed to learn how to use this if I can't even fight?
Reed: Oh, I know! We can use the emulator!
Oran: That's exactly what I was going to say... They all warp to another room. This room was completely empty except for the giant machine in the middle.
Bel: Is that the emulator?
Oran: Yes. Both of you get in.
Reed: Me too?
Oran: Just in case Bel runs into trouble...
Bel: Hmph, I don't need help!
Oran: We'll see. Just get in.
Bel/Reed: Go into the emulator.
Bel: So what do we do in here, anyway?
Oran: Before we do anything, release your weapon.
Reed: Releases his weapon (a boomerang). His clothes and his hair color change to green.
Bel (shocked): W-what the heck happened to you?!?
Reed: It's my color transformation!
Oran: Release yours too, Bel.
Bel: How?
Reed: Focus your power into your weapon.
Bel: Uh... *grunt* She tries to focus, but it doesn't work. This is hard...
Oran: You don't have to overdo it. It's a lot easier to do than you think. Just focus on your weapon.
Bel: Okay... She releases her weapon. It turns into a shooter-like object. Her clothes and her eye color change to yellow. Whoa... I did it!
Reed: Your weapon looks kind of like Brok's.
Oran: (And Pir's...)
Bel: How do I use this? Do I press this button...? Her weapon releases a yellow blast of energy. Awesome! So that's what it does...
Reed: Uh, Bel...
Bel: What?
Oran: Everyone's weapon can do that...
Bel: Wha?!? No way!
Reed: But I'm surprised you can already use it!
Oran: Yeah, that is strange... Bel's is probably designed for the sole purpose of shooting energy blasts. (Just like Pir's... It can't be...)
Bel: That's it? That's all it can do?
Reed: That's lame...
Oran: Maybe, maybe not. We'll just have to wait to see what it can do.
Bel: *sweatdrop* (Can't Oran just admit that he has no idea?)
Reed: Anyway, let's start!
Oran: Right. Here it comes...
Bel: A black cloud of smoke with red, glowing eyes appears in front of them. What's that thing?
Oran: It can only be defeated by energy blasts. This is good practice for you, Bel.
Bel: Okay, take this! She shoots a Yellow Ray at the cloud. The cloud disappears. ...that's it?
Reed: Good job, Bel!
Bel: C'mon, give me more of them!
Oran: Here you go...
Bel: Eight more clouds appear. That's what I'm talking about! She shoots three of them in a row.
Reed: H-how did you do that?
Bel: Do what?
Oran: That's odd; normally rays are supposed to disappear after hitting only one, but yours just go through all of them. (Exactly like Pir's...)
Bel: Heh, I guess mine is pretty cool after all! How about I try shooting more than one at once? Three more rays were enough to defeat the rest of the clouds.
Oran: Alright, that's enough for now.
Bel: What, that's it?
Oran: It's already 14:45; you have to go home soon.
Bel: Oh no, I forgot! My mom's going to be wondering where I am again...
Oran: I already told you I would take care of it, remember? Your mom just thinks you have after school activities every day.
Bel: Oh okay, thanks!

Bel finally learns what she can do in her color transformation. But what other abilities does she have hidden?