I felt a sharp pain all over, and then ... blackness.
I felt myself soaring high above the clouds. It seemed as though I was flying in a million diffrent directions at the same time. I felt like I was a bird. Like I was a dozen birds.
And that is what I was. The birds--my body--came together and merged, revealing my true body (ooc: my transformation). I hit the ground with a thud, and looked around.
I was in a dimly lit chamber. The soul source of light was a fire in the center. I saw a mudokon wearing a long bird mask over his front. Big Face!
"Ronan Sotch Termor. It's about time."
I stumbled. "Uhm... yeah. Aren't you ... dead? Weren't you alive when Abe was?"
He sighed. "Now is not the time for pointless questioning. I must do my work quickly, as my power is fading. Give me your paws."
And so I extended the back of my hands. With a painful jolt of energy, the legendary Scars of Abe were etched into my skin!
(if this were a movie, there would be one of those fancy scene transitions here)
Lammy felt it first. The backs of his paws tingled ...
Saros felt a sharp sting on his back.
Geeble's paws ached.
Blarg felt his arms twitching, as if electrified.
(we all have the scars now. cue transition.)
The Big Face was fading fast.
"I have done my work, Ronan Sotch Termor. Use the scars to find your Orb of Wisdom ... good luck ..."
And he was gone.
I sat and pondered a bit. How had he gotten there?
Duh. Spooce lock between the spirit world and here. He must've been low on credit by now, after all of his hard work for Abe.
After a while I stood and chanted. My hands burned, and my body stretched and ripped open into the body of the Shrykull! Blue Rage seeped through me .... and when it subsided, I saw a sky blue diamond hovering two feet above the ground.
The Orb .... Diamond of Wisdom!
"Ronan Sotch Termor--" why do people keep calling me that?!--"has come. He requires my strength to proceed, does he not?"
"Are you talking to yourself, or ...?"
The Diamond trembled. "Do not mock me, or I will make you suffer. I know your power, I know my power, and I know what we can do together. But do not disrupt our balance, or your life will suffer nothing but utter discord and chaos."
Then I was surprised by a blatant, idiotic remark: "Now get it together, bonehead."
I couldn't help it. I laughed. And laughed. And laughed. After all that serious talk, my Diamond turned out to be a goon. Sure, he knew everythin there was to know--as I could tell--but, it was really just a big dope.
"All right, buddy--"
"Buki, not Buddy."
I stuttered. "Uhh .... right. Buki. We gotta get back to the meeting place shortly. Why don't me get a move on?"
Buki seemed to agree. "Alrighty then. Close your eyes ...."
I was instantly refreshed and standing in the meeting place we had agreed on.
(okay I have my orb ... or diamond. if saros can have a triangular one, Ronan can have a diamond one.)
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