NEAT!!!! Stupid character count...

:D XD Waow!!! Great continuation there Abeguy!

I always post before I post another segment don't I?

It's like the silence before the storm...

New Entry tomorrow!!!

WOW! This is really old. How about a new years resolution for a couple new chapters or something, before I take over?

hmm, I think it's way past tomorrow...

Got it...New one coming SOON

I REALLY PROMISH!!!!

Out of the shadow, stepped forward a figure bigger than any of us. It was kinda like Stranger on steroids. He was ripped, for lack of better description. With leather straps wrapped around his arms. His only clothing consisted of a spartan-esque skirt, a weird hat thing, and his huge boots. But since he was covered with fur, it didn't bug me as much.

Back to his boots...

If looks could kill, His legs were lethal enough as they were by themselves. But the boots rose that lethality to a new level. They appeared to be leather, which buckles running up the seem. They had no toes, leaving his gigantic toes to sit there, staring at you. as if they were an entirely different entity.

He continued lumbering toward us, the cave shuddering with each step. I was scared out of my wits whether or not he was an ally. My eyes snapped shut, and I raised my arms up in defense. Right when I was sure he was going to eat me, he stopped. I peered out of the corner of my eye. The thing I saw next nearly exploded my brain.

...he was kneeling.

"The name is Fangus, Fangus Klot" He said, his voice an evil movie trailer guy, "I am at your service."
I was at a loss of what to do. Here was this leviathan of a creature putting himself under my command. Not only that, but this was Fangus Klot, The character whose game was appeared canceled, but here I was, face to face with him.

"Fangus Klot?" I asked. He stayed kneeling, but gave a grunt in response.
"At ease, soldier," I said, half sarcastically. He snapped up, Moving faster than I though possible for him.

"The rabid Shepard Fangus Klot?" I said. He grimaced and looked away.

"That Fangus Klot is no more," he said, as if ashamed, "I wish myself to serve the savior of Oddworld." he crossed his arm across his chest, Roman style.

"Don't be so humble," Ketais said, stepping up from behind, "You have a fantastic history, though a bit brutal" she turned to me, "He's just a bit emotionally drained from his...adventure. Don't worry, you'll just need to help him get his spark back."
I nodded.
"well then," She continued, slapping Fangus on the back, "You guys should get going, Oddworld isn't going to save itself!" Fangus popped over to our side, and turned to face Ketais, she looked us over.
"You guys are quite the group, eh? A Mudoken savior, One of the last Gabbits, One of the last Steefs, and...Fangus" she sighs, "Go on then, get dirty. Abe, save your people, Munch, ditto, Stranger, do whatever it is you do, and Fangus, go redeem yourself." He nodded.

"Well then," I spoke up, "lets get this party started!"

We left the cave, it took a while to get our eyes adjusted to the glare shining strongly through the trees, but I didn't waste any time in trying out my new powers.
It didn't take any learning either, for some reason it came naturally, as if I could do it for years.
I stretched out my hand and visioned lightning leaving my fingers, feeling energy rushing toward my fingertips, a bolt of lightning shot out. This was incredible

"yyyyyyyYYYYYYYESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed out, jumping for joy, I turned to the others, who I expected to look at me as if I was crazy, but they seemed to just as interested in what I had just done as I was.

"That's a pretty nifty gift ya got there," Stranger said, chuckling, "almost makes us equals" Shooting that joke in my direction
"Yeah," I said, shooting a little zap at him, "just a bit more practice and you'll be up with me" everyone laughed at that, including Fangus.
It was weird hearing him laugh, it was dark, dark and threatening, but safe somehow. We continued on our hike, and I was continuing to experiment with my powers.
I must've been pretty distracted by it, cuz a few minutes later, I was alone.
"Stranger? Abe? Munch? Fangus?" I shouted out, with no reply, the foliage was absorbing my sound.
"Guys?" I yelled louder, "Where are you guys?"
"Greetings again, Human," A voice said, I turned, It was that creature I met moments before I ran into Munch in the Bath house. I stepped back.
"Scared, are you?" he said rather eerily, "Don't worry, I don't bite,"
I stared, "What do you want with me?" I asked, looking for an answer in his eyes.
"I said earlier that tears are not magical portals, aye, and that they couldn't get you home, but that does not mean that you can't get home..." He stepped closer, I stood there, thinking.
"You can get me home?" I asked, with a puzzled look on my face.
"I didn't say that," he said with a shake of his finger, "But I guess you could come to that conclusion after what I said," he started circling.
"Then you can't get me home?" I asked, eyeing him closely.
"Again, with the jumping to conclusions," he said, laughing like it was a joke, "I can indeed get you home, but it'll require cooperation," I thought for a sec.Truthfully, I kinda felt like I didn't want to go home, well, not yet that is.
"Do you wish to go home?" he asked, extending his small hand. I stared at his offer, and looked him in the eye.
"No, there is still much I need to do here," I said, starting to turn.
"Oh?" I asked, like a child,"And what is that?" I turned back.
"Something like saving Oddworld from total distruction," I said, he looked amused.
"What makes you think you're the one to do it?" he said, rather mockingly
"It says so in the prophecy!" I said, getting a little ticked.
"What does this prophecy say, exactly?" he asked, pulling out a little pad, like a reporter.
"It says, when the rabid shepard is kil...," I paused.
"Exactly," the being said,"My offer still stands," and then he vanished.
I stood there in the clearing for what seemed like hours, thinking about what I had said. The prophecy said when The Rabid Shepard was killed, but Fangus was alive, what could it all mean? I suddenly heard voices.
"Phill! you here?"
"Where'd you go?"
"Told you he was chicken"
"Phill!"
"Over here you guys!!" I yelled, a couple seconds later the group broke through the bushes and found me.
"What were you thinking!?" Stranger yelled, "You could've been lost! then what would've happen to the fate of Oddworld?"
"Yeah, about that" I said sheepishly, "I think you have the wrong guy," I said, turning away.
"What do you mean?," Abe asked.
"Yeah," Stranger continued, "After all we've been through, after your 'divine intervention', after you got your powers, YOU GOT FRIKKIN POWERS, you're giving up, saying your not the one to save us?" He was pacing madly about, tossing up dust.
"It doesn't match the prophecy," I said, point blank.
"What doesn't?" Munch asked, looking up at me.
"He doesn't!" I answered, pointing at Fangus. Fangus looked down at himself, and looked back, asking with his eyes.
"It says in the prophecy, 'when the rabid shepard is killed, a being not of Odd shall come and redeem the planet,' and there he is! The rabid shepard! Alive and kicking!" I put my hand down, and fangus followed suit with his body.
"Now don't get me wrong," I said, "I want help, I really do, but the time is wrong, you got plenty of time," and I started to walk away. I felt terrible, giving up on them, leaving there planet in the path of an impending doom.


"I did die..." Fangus said, near silently. We all turned and looked.

"I was once a relatively peaceful, young shepard growing up on the outskirts of the Spooce Shrub Forest," he said, standing up, "You had never seen more beautiful pastures, more pristine rivers, more abundant flocks.
Looks may deceive, but I was a gentle being, wouldn't hurt a fly. My parents were small little things, and I loved them dearly, life was...peaceful at best." he then turned his back to us
"and then those...those things came, and ransacked our farm, I tried to protect them, the farm, everything, and was doing a good job too, but they became too numerous, too powerful, and then, everything went black." he was pacing beautifully, as if giving a prepared monologue, his arm movements were graceful, and etc.
"When I awoke, I was in a dank, smelly room, there were these weird purple-ish creatures with needle like arms and nubby lets, but huge heads, they called themselves...uh..." he scratched his head, thinking.
"Vykkers," Munch said with disgust.
"Yeah," Fangus said, continuing his pacing, "They kept on talking amongst eachother. I was too groggy to make anything else, but after they had finished, one of them stuck a needle in my arm, and I was out again.
"The next, I dunno how long, but needless, however long it was, I wasn't myself, most of it's a blur, but what I do remember was all blood. None of it mine. This continued for, as I said, I don't know how long, but I hated every minute of it, I felt as a prisoner in my own body, yelling for me to stop, or for someone to stop me. Suddenly I got my wish, and I embraced the eternal darkness." I almost started crying.
"What surprised me was when I saw light again, I said that it was a bad idea, and it'd be best if I was dead. 'You've been dead long enough,' I heard, and looked around, I was lying on a table, and on the side was Ketais. She walked around, examining me. 'Good as new' she said. I asked what happen, and she explained everything, from me dying to her being able to take me from the battlefield. I stayed with her for a couple days, and then you guys came, and here I am. Though I am cured, my taste for blood hasn't died, it is just way more mild."
"So, what your sayin is..." I started.
"Yes," he replied, "The prophecy is true, from what I get of it...but the prophecy didn't say I couldn't come back to life, now did it?"
"...no, it didn't" I said, coming to terms with what that meant.
"So we good?" Stranger asked, "You feel good that we got that little fiasco settled out?"
"Yeah, I said,"let's get going," We started to mobilize.
"What exactly got you to thinking all that stuff anyway?" Abe asked, "And besides, you could've helped out anyway, and stayed."
"But you see," I said, turning to him, "I have a home, and if I didn't have to stay, I would have tried finding a way back,"
"Oh," he said, It kinda came as a shock over the whole group, that my home was indeed not on Oddworld.
"What'll happen if you don't find a way back?" Munch asked.
"I'm wondering about that myself," I replied, keeping my thoughts of that strange creature and his proposal to myself.

Whoo! 2 chapters in a row! Go abeguy!

no, it's still today, I have yet to reach tomorrow...but right when I think I've reached tomorrow, it's always today. So that's why I didn't write a chapter for so long, I was waiting for tomorrow, but it never came, so I just decided to write it today. :p

We went on for quite some time under a sterile silence, going along the River for quite some time.

"Where are we headed, anyway?" I asked, breaking the silence.
"Wondering when you'd ask," Stranger replied, "The silence was killing me. Well, we're headed to see an old friend of mine...most connected guy in all of Oddworld, as far as I'm concerned. Living encyclopedia."
"Why we headed there?" Munch asked, hopping along.
"finding out where we need to go," Stranger said, "Don't worry, we're almost there, just a few more minutes."
Sure enough, we turned a bend on the river, we saw a very odd site...

it was a small wood shack. looking normal except one little thing.
all the wires.

out of every single possible orifice of the shack came a wire...blending in and out of the natural landscape surrounding.

"Mind you, this guy is...rather unorthodox..." Stranger said as we walked up.
"Don't worry about me," I said, "I've come to expect it." He laughed.

As we walked toward the door, I heard a definite buzz of electricity, I could smell the current...and feel it.
Stranger opened the door, the smell was...different...it was strong...but not bad while at the same time not good. It took a bit for my eyes to adjust...but what I saw, I was not at all prepared for.
It was a glukkon...The first I had seen since my being in Oddworld. But he was different, not like other's I've seen.
his arms and legs were reverse than normal glukkons, the huge arms were in the center, and they were arranged more like normal legs. and his legs...which on normal glukkons are small, limp, and useless...he had them more like regular arms...which was a sight to behold.
"Ahh! Stranger! My all time favorite Steef! and I should know, I've seen every single one!" He walked over to Stranger and gave him a hug with his modified legs.
"Doin good, Frank," He said. "Frank here was the guy who told me about Doc...," he looked at me.
"Yeah, Doc," Frank said, "Great guy, rest his soul, he was the one who set me up with the swip swap and muscle graft, making me the great biped I is today" he said with a bow.
That's when I noticed. A huge bundle of wires going straight into the back of his head. Matrix style.
"Say, how did you do that fancy wire get-up?" I asked.
"Oh, this little thing?" he said, feeling it with his hand, "I had a group of Vykkers Doc recommended...Smart beings, them Vykkers."
"Sure, whatever," Munch said with a tint of hatred in his voice.
"I can unplug myself whenever...but I hate feeling disconnected." He said.
"Yeah...well," Stranger said, "I'm not sure if you can help...but I'm wondering about some stuff on an apocalyptic scale."
"end of the world? No can d...wait..." he stopped to think, his eyes grew big.
"Nope, just rumors...nothing concrete." He said quickly, and he started acting nervous.
"You sure?" Stranger asked?
"Yes, yes, nothing at all."
"Okay, that's all I was wondering," Stranger said, "let's go."
"Stranger! wait!" Frank said, "I mean, I need to give you something." He scuttled around his little shack, rummaging through piles of junk. When he pulled something out.
"A book?" Stranger asked, "Didn't know you were so primitive."
"No, not the book," he opened the book and pulled out a small little object. He handed it to Stranger, clasping his hand.
"Take this..." he said, with a look of desperation in his eyes.
"Now get out!" he said, shoving us through the door.
"What's his problem?" Abe asked, as we left the building.
"I dunno," Stranger said, he looked down at his hand, and opened it , holding what Frank had given him. It was a small metal object, octagon shaped, with a phrase written on it.

"The End is near, No details."

We heard an explosion...

y'know, if nobody give me feedback, it doesn't really inspire me to write anymore. Gimme Feed Back!!

No, don't stop writing I still read it!!! It's an amazing storyline - keep it up ;)

I just started reading this today and man is it awesome, really gets my odd juices pumping.

Although I don't give you feedback I still read and love the sory.

yep. a hidden jewel. just move the plot around a little bit.

wow, actual feedback, I'll be sure to continue when I ain't so damn busy. I promise it'll be soon

Wow, I'm not busy

Here we go


"FRANK!!!" Stranger yelled, running toward the now burning building.
Electric wires snapped, sending sparks in all directions, blocking any access to the building. We all knew Frank couldn't of survived.

"But why?" Stranger asked, "Why did he do that?"
"My only guess is," I answered, "is that he did know something about the end of the world, and he knew it was over for him, as well as everyone else."

"No," Stranger said, "This isn't like Franky, If the world was going to end, which it is, I suppose, He wouldn't of done that. Franky was murdered."

"Who do you think did it?" Munch asked, hopping up to Stranger's side.
"I don't know, but I think that if we pursue this saving the world job, we'll find out."

"Well then," Fangus spoke up, "We better get going, shan't we?"

"Aye," said I, "I thinkest we shall. For Franky, all the other innocent lives that may have been lost."

"But where exactly is it that we need to go?" Abe asked, "Frank didn't tell us anything, all he gave us was that piece of metal."

"I think," Stranger replied, holding up the knick knack, "That that was enough." As he held up the piece of metal to the sun, the reflected light from the surface shown as bright as the sun. Everyone covered their eyes.
"Look, here," Stranger said, pointing up to the sky. There, up in the sky, was what appeared to be a holographic map of Oddworld, and on the map were two dots, one which appeared to be our current location, and another that appeared far to the north of our location.
"Well I'll be damned," Stranger said, "He gave us the way,"
"How is that possible?" I asked, "That is but reflected light?"
"Don't question Oddworld," Abe replied, "You'll simply find a headache."
I laughed, "Well, whatever, I say that we should be heading toward that dot."

...*sigh*...

Plot officially moved.



"Sir!!! Sir!!!"

"What is it?"

"The Prophecy!! it's about the Prophecy!!"

"Which one?"

"um...Lemme Check...Ah!! The end of the world one!!"

*glass break*

"W...wh...what did you say?"

"Yeah yeah, the one with the 5 heroes, 1 nameless evil, a life changing choice, and a mysterious medium"

"Why haven't I been contacted sooner?"

"Well, sir, owing to the fact that we ourselves just learned of it"

"and the human? there is actually one among us?"

"Indeed, alive and ready to play his part"

"Excellant, prepare my suit up, I think I may be going out for a walk today"

"Yessir"

"Oh, and Toast?"

"Yes?"

"Make sure to pretty it up, I wouldn't want to appear...ugly"

"Yes, Lord Mullock"

...

Very good fic. I certainly liked it. My favourite part is when you and Munch saw each other and ended up screaming at each other. I love this fic. I know it's awesome.

just got back from vacation, have something up soon

Stranger was the bearer of the holo-map, holding it up every once in a while to check our headings. We traveled for days, Thrusting into my mind just how Huge Oddworld is. Around Noon the next day we stumbled out of the woods upon a lake.
"Check the Map, Stranger" I said.
He pulled out the medallion, and held it up. Our "dot" was on the edge of what appeared to be a lake. The destination dot was another couple days above the lake.
"Meanther Lake" Munch said.
"Right," Stranger said, "Home of the Ichava."
"The What?" I asked, not remembering such a species.
"Amphibious creatures, similar in that respect to the Grubbs. 'farmers of the sea,' they're called, but their main industrious sect is here. You'll be lucky to see a native one here, all but some of them have been modified to adapt to land."
"Okay then," I said, "What about them?"
"Well," Stranger replied, "We could walk around this lake, which would take a couple days, but if you don't want to, we can relatively 'take it easy' and go through the lake, via the Ichava."
"sounds good," I said, not wanting to circumnavigate a lake equivalent to one of the great lakes.
"So where do we find these guys?" Abe asked, looking around.
"That I don't know" Stranger said. I was kinda surprised.
"Perhaps I can help," Munch said, and he walked to the edge of the water. He put his head down to the water. It took me a bit to understand what he was attempting, but I then realized that he was trying to zap the water. After a few tries, he stood back up and hopped over to me.
"A little juice, if you please," He asked, looking up.
"Wha? oh, yeah, sure," I said, and held my hand over his head, sending a jolt from my hand to his instrument. I must've misjudged cuz I accidentally zapped him as well.
"Much *cough* obliged," a smoked Munch said, making his way back to the water. He knelt down once again, and this time, a thunderous Bolt of electricity jumped from his head and stuck the water, filtering out in all directions. Then nothing.
"Sure this will work?" Stranger asked, with a confused awe behind his solid demeanor.
"Oh, yeah" Munch said, with a giggle.
All of a sudden, we started hearing alarms ring throughout the forest, and a PA blurting, "Intruder! Intruder!" The water started churning when all at once, these miniature helicopter things started to arise from the depths. A loud speaker from one of the things began to speak
"We have you surrounded! Any attempts to escape will result in being shot and/or death."
"Oookay," I muttered, "Munch, what are they doing?" Munch was silent. The loud speaker continued.
"You have the ability to shut your mouth, anything you utter will be misquoted and used against you in tortu...wait...I...is that...Munch?"
All the other 'copters stopped and "looked" at the loud speaker copter.
"It's Munch! He's Back!" It screamed, and it swooped back underwater, quickly accompanied by the others. A few minutes later, and the water started churning again. And slowly rising from the water, was a significantly bigger and fancier ship. The Window opened, revealing what appeared to be their monarch, and then I realized it.
I did know about Ichava, in fact, I created them. Well, back on earth anyways. I remembered drawing them and posting them on OWF. Never in my life had I imagined I'd be meeting my "creation" face to face.
"Muuuunch!!!" The little gecko type king yelled, hopping down from his ship. His voice was the stereotypical surfer dude voice...but it fit him, I guess.
"King Rufius!" Munch said, hopping over into an amphibious embrace.
"How are you, little Green zappy dude?" The king asked. They almost looked like brothers, just by how they acted.
"Not bad, your majesty, not bad," The king caught eye of us.
"Dude! You brought friends? Why didn't you tell me, Party on dude!" He came over to us.
"I, am King Rufius, of the wonderful Ichava, and I welcome you to our Lake."
He went over to Abe.
"You must be Abe, my friend. Munch always talked about you when he was here." He walked over to Stranger.
"Steeef! rare breed! Nice catch, Munchster!" Stranger's eyes widened.
"You're wondering how I knew?" Rufius asked Stranger, "I'm not king for my good looks, I'm also an avid tracker, could smell you a mile away." Stranger just grunted.
"Whoa!!!" Rufius said when he came to Fangus, "Hey Munch! Does he bite?" He laughed and he continued to me. He sniffed me. He stood there thinking, sniffed me again, and looked up.
"Never had a smell I couldn't identify, Well met, worthy adversary, well met,"
"You're welcome," I said.
"Sure I am," he said, chuckling, "Well, what are you anyway?"
"I am a human," I said simply. He stopped.
"Did you say, Human?" He asked. I expected this response.
"Uh...yeah...why?"
"OH CREATOR! FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED!" He wailed, throwing himself at my feet. I was really confused. How could they know that they were spawns of my creation?
"What do you mean?" Munch asked.
"Ancient Ichava history states That the great ODD did not create all the creatures in this Oddworld. He populated the continent of Mudos with his creations, and left the rest of the world to be inhabited by creations made by others in his race. We Ichava have a name for such creatures who are created by these beings. "Fanmades". We Ichava are Fanmades. A species of thug with faces on their torsos, and modified with guns where the heads should be, are also Fanmades."
"but," I asked, "Why are these "Fanmades" here on Mudos if this was the great ODD's Chosen land?"
"Migration and deportation," Rufius answered, "Fanmades are usually made to be ideal creations, modifications, if you will, of the great ODD's original work. And also they come in such numerous quantities. For example, Mudokons are mainly native to Mudos, and not so numerous outside of it's borders, be we Ichava, are inhabitants of all the Oceans on Oddworld. Kinda unfair, but that was what was in the mind of the Fans when they made us.
"Fans?" I asked, almost laughing.
"Yes, all the other divine beings that came after ODD."
"But why isn't this known everywhere?"
"It isn't accepted here on Mudos. They call it 'blasphemy' to say such things. They believe that well are all creations of the great ODD. Which I find preposterous."
"So how do you know that it was humans who created you?"
"Well, In our research, we stumbled across a huge cavern, with elaborate markings all over the walls, not possibly written by simple beings. When we translated it, it revealed to be the entire history of Oddworld, and how ODD came to be, how He and others created the inhabitants . Of all the words, one was used alot, and it's translation and use led us to learn of the race of beings ODD was part of. Human."
"So..." I started.
"So? So!? You're here, you are the fulfillment of the prophecy! One of the Fans would descend to Oddworld in the Flesh when would come the end of times."
"I've heard that before, but not quite the same." I noted.
"YES! The universal Prohecy! All races have it, maybe different versions, but all the same, for example, You didn't here the part about the Fans from the Mudos prophecy, but they admitted to a human coming to Oddworld in the end. No matter how you spell it, you were meant to be here."
"And you know I created you, how?"
"Why, it's obvious man!" he said, "Who else could've made such an awesome species!"
I laughed.

*Bump*

back from kansas


will post more with or without feeback

...and then a week ago I found out I was going to Church Camp, and now I'm at cousins' house in Portland, OR. So yeah...it's all cool

King Rufius welcomed us and invited us down to his home for the evening meal. He kept the whole thing under wraps, to make sure that the populous wouldn't mob up in a mass hysteria. "Cuz that's what happens when one learn s of the end of the world," Rufius said.
We had an...aquatic dinner, to put it slightly. I had no idea what would be considered clean or unclean in Oddworld, so I let the iffy animals slide. What can be said of Oddworld cuisine? or at least, Ichavian cuisine? No matter what it smells like beforehand, they always find a way to make it delicious in the end.
"So tell me," Rufius said, in between bites, "What brings the Harold of destruction to our waters?"
I chewed and swallowed.
"This," I said, holding up the map. Since there was no sun, the map didn't show.
"A coin? What does a coin have to do with anythin...is it an apocolypse coin? is it an Apooocoolypse coin?" While saying this, he got up and ran to me, grabbing the coin and holding it up to his face, eyes growing huge.
"I don't think so," I said, taking it back, his eyes stayed glued on the coin, "It's a map of Oddworld." I said.
"But how could a giant map be fit onto such a tiiiiiny coin?" He asked, snatching the map back, and holding it up to his eye, acting like an ADD child with something shiny.
"Well," I said, grabbing it back, "it only shows with sunlight. Which we don't have down here."
"But on the contrary," Rufius said. "We do we do. Open the skylight!"
A switch was flicked, followed by a loud rumbling as the ceiling parted to reveal a clear shell, revealing the lake above. The sunlight was exceedingly bright, for having to go through all the water.
"We Ichavians take pride in the clear waters of our lake." King Rufius said proudly.
"even though it is clearer than most lakes I've seen," I stated, "Are you sure it will work? because the light is refracted by the water no matter how clear."
"There's no harm in trying," Abe said, Rufius nodded in agreement.
So I held it up to the light...nothing. I started tilting it around when suddenly a flash of light, and the map appeared\
...but it was...different.
"That isn't the same map," Stranger said.
"I think that's obvious, Stranger," Munch noted.
"Maybe the refraction is making the map incomplete," I said, putting in my 2 cents worth.
"Maybe," Rufius acknowleged, "Or maybe...it is a different map entirely" he walked up to the projection.
"I'll assume that this is us, right here," he said, pointing at the red dot
"Yeah," I said, "what about it?"
"I'll guess that on your other map, it showed a lake here, correct?"
"That's right," Stranger said, thinking about it.
"As far as I'm concerned," Rufius continued, he pointed at the area around the dot "THis does not look like a lake. In fact, it looks like...aha!!"
His eyes got big. He ran over to one of his hover chairs, sat down and floated back up to the map.
"Now I see it! this is...yes, and this...yeah, Yeah!" He's wizzing all about the map.
"This is a different map!" he said, turning back to us.
"But of what?" Abe asked, impatiently.
"Of the Oddworld Underground!" he said, excitingly.
"THe WHat?" we all said in unison.
"Oddworld Underground, All collections of tunnels, mines, and other subterranean activity...wow, this is quite a find" he continued wizzing about, muttering to his self. he paused.
"What is this dot over here?" he asked, pointing to the second dot, "I assume it is your destination?"
"Yeah," I said, "It is, actually"
"Well then!" he said, returning his seat to it's place. He hopped off, "let's get you guys on your way, And since we know have an underground map, you can get going in style. I'll draw the maps!"
"Maps?" Munch asked, "but we have this one right here," The king burst into laughter
"Oh Munch, you and your sense of humor," He patted his back and went to the table.
"I don't get it," Munch said, looking up at me.
"We need light for this map to work, and refracted light for the underground map. I don't think we can get that in the tunnels."
"Oh, right...silly me" Munch looked down at his foot.
"Keep that map showing," Rufius ordered, "I need to draw the maps of the tunnels leading to your destination."
"Will we be..." Stranger started.
"No, you won't be traveling alone, I'll send my best guides with you, and plently of provisions, so don't worry."
"that wasn't what I was going to ask, but whatever," Stranger said slightly under his breath.
"okay...and here...little squiggly here...and DONE!" Rufius stood back up, and walked over to us.
"Here you go, nice Ichavian maps, the finest."
I unrolled the maps. I couldn't believe it. Rufius had only been drawing the maps for a couple minutes, but they appeared to have taken hours. The detail was incredible, down the label that said 'look out for rock here.'
"These are incredible," I said, "You guys are amazing."
"We better be," he said, "be kinda dumb if you made us lame."

Lol...

Whoo! you're not dead! please write more! It would suck if something like this died...and died in the lame way...the GENERIC way...and you made it...damn. I killed the running joke. I can loan you some left over zombie brains and chocolate covered termites to revive it...it worked for my muses.

*bump*

No excuses...

AGAIN with the way past tomorrow thing. JUST DON'T GIVE UP!!!

THat same day I found out I was in a play, and rehearsals have been every day since.
I hate myself too.

no promises
I'll update when I have time >.<

Wait a minute...does it happen to be annie? Cause it would be reeeeally weird if I found out I was working with an OWF member.

Either that or it happens to be a fact that all schools have plays at the beginning of the year to raise money.

We decided that we'd head out the next morning, To gather our energy. King Rufius showed us to the guest rooms, which were decorated with exotic Ichava decal.
"See you in the morning, guys" He said as he left us alone.
Each bed was more like a pod, lined up in a semi circle. We each took to our own, and drifted off to sleep.
We obviously went into a very deep sleep cuz the next thing I know, King Rufius was in our room, making all sorts of noises to wake us up.
"Come on guys!" He yelled, hopping around.
"The Early SeaRex gets the Gabbi...oh, wait" He glances over at Munch, "Nevermind"
When we had freshened up, King Rufius led us down to the tunnel entrance where we saw a group of Ichava dressed in Spelunking gear.
"This is the crew you will be traveling with" He said, walking in front of them, "The finest Cave Ichava you'll ever meet" and with that, the group snapped into a salute, and blurted "Sir!"
"Yes, they will help you through the tunnels until you reach an exit near your destination, Have at it!"
"What about Breakfast?" Abe asked, rubbing his belly
"No time! you eat on the way, go!" He ran around and started ushering us to the tunnel. I stopped and turned around.
"How can I ever thank you for all that you've done?"
"You created us, I help you save the world, I think we're about even."
I laughed, "Yeah, I guess you're right."
"Now get a move on!" He continued, ushering us, as we descended into the tunnel.

~~~~~~~~~

"Sir! Sir! Are you there?"

"Toast, what did I say about contacting me while I'm walking?"

"Many apologies sir, but it's about the prophecy!"

"...Go on"

"They've just left the Ichavans and are traversing the tunnels"

"Thank you Toast, you've made my job alot easier"

"...umm...you're welcome Sir?"

"Prepare the rooms, we'll be expecting some guests tonight"

"Right, Toast out"