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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:25 pm
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Mist began to rise from the ground around Isaac's body. It wrapped and swirled, mimicking his brainwaves as he slept and dreamed. Images seemed to pass before his eyes, rippling across his memory, sending waves a pain through his body. His body, likewise, began to curl into a fetal position. The mist continued to thicken and bend about Isaac, shutting out sunlight and causing the surround atmosphere to grow colder and colder. Frost began to form over Isaac and the book, not to mention everything else around him. Yet, this frost didn't seem to kill, but to preserve. The frost continued to creep over everything nearby until a circle of crystals had made a gate of ice around him. And only the book's blue glow permeated this floral crypt, the only seemingly living thing in the area - causing the living tomb to reflect and refract the glow until what looked like a shield of azure light had formed in around the tomb.
Within his mind, Isaac had no knowledge of what had been happening to his body or his current resting place. He was in an ethereal wrap of darkness, floating amongst the shifting currents of his mind. Where am I...? Wait... what's that...? A small sliver of blue light seemed to break through the cloth-like darkness, flickering as the darkness ebbed and flowed. Isaac seemed magnetized to that light, drawing ever closer until, with a sound like the sipping of a straw, Isaac slipped through into the light with a 'SHPLOOP!' And in that light, a figure started to form. Fur started to become more and more visible as the creature began to focus, almost as if it was simply an image under a microscope.
"Hi, there, Isaac." The kitsune whispered.
"What are you doing in my head...?"
"You know, it is normally polite to reply with a greeting. However, I believe that I can forgive you... this time."
"I'm sorry... It's just... last I remember I was walking to the garden, then my heart hurt, then black...."
"Well, it looks like the curse is already taking over your body."
"What?!? NO! Not already!"
"It appears that whomever grabbed your tail had much malice in his heart. Such is the way with curses. Darkness but speeds them, while light can subdue them."
"So what am I supposed to do?! You're a kitsune! HELP ME!"
"Alas, I am a victim of my own curse. I can do little to help you. You never really know how a curse will react because once you release it, it is on its own. It can be directed, not controlled. How do you think I got trapped in this book? Obviously, it is not because of any sort of love towards the literary arts."
"So what do I do? What's going to happen to me?"
"There is no telling. But we can only hope that it does not deem it best to kill you. It would not be the first time that his has happened."
"Well, if it doesn't kill me, what could happen?"
"You could always be trapped as a book, like me. Or be terribly... altered."
"Altered?! Like how?!?"
"You could lose all brain capacity and turn into a babbling idiot. Or you could lose your body and join the other will-o-wisps that haunt the night. Or... and this has happened but once.... your body could manipulate the curse into being a force for your own personal purposes. In history, a kind-hearted kitsune used this power to help everyone she met. But eventually, the length of her life and the loss of all her closest friends soon drew her into a deep depression. She was helpless to stop it after that. The curse soon corrupted her heart, sorrow eating away at her sanity. In a mad rage, she began using her powers to destroy everything and everyone around her. Many kitsune were lost trying to stop her. This is why kitsune were placed in legends as beasts of ultimate destruction, and why so few are left today. Unfortunately, the she-beast could not be eliminated. So she was sealed in a deep sleep. Her location has long been lost to everyone, even to her own kind. What I know is from what I had been told as a kit from my own parents. This is all I know of that story. Your story is still unfolding. But for now, I will do all I can to make sure you at least survive."
"Why do you want to help me?"
"Perhaps it is because you are the first kitsune I have seen in centuries. Not to say that you are the last, for being in a bookcase does not particularly attract other kitsune. Or it could be because I've taken a liking to you and would rather not be stuck on the cold ground for the rest of eternity. Whatever the reason, the curse will at least slow down enough that you will have a fighting chance."
"So... how am I supposed to fight it if I don't even know where I am or how the heck I'm defying the laws of physics?!?"
"You are currently within your mind. Now, if you could figure out how to get to your heart, you might be able to stop it. Or manipulate it. Whichever you prefer."
"Great... A little help?"
"I suppose that would be beneficial. Off you go. When you arrive, you will be at the heart. But to wake up, you will need to find your way back to the mind. Be swift. Godspeed."
And in a blinding blue light, Isaac found himself in a place of failing warmth, an unsteady beat filling his ears."
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:03 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:10 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:50 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:50 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:23 pm
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Dammie-kins ::kino stands up and starts to cry while laughing:: he...was... sad but I told him I would try for him, he told me to be happy and live my life, he wanted me to be happy ::kino starts to cry harder:: and...and....he was...just...smiling me when I left.... ::kino laughs and flies into the air:: it was like..he was forgiving me...for... ::kino hugs neko again:: Thanks for the hugs and dealing with me ::kino takes off and drops a cross as he flies away::
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*neko smiles at kino* ::Your welcomee biggrin D:: *neko finds a cross* -thinks: did kino drop this?- *neko picks it up and starts running off to find kino*
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:54 pm
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[to tk: Thanks! I just hope I can continue to write/type with a quality just as 'impressive' when school starts. sweatdrop ]
Isaac floated around a crimson light, trying to find the curse within it. This would be so much easier if only I knew what I was supposed to be looking for... He glanced up. He glanced down. He glanced all around. Nothing. Zip. Notta. Why do I get this awful feeling that kitsune was WRONG! Great. Just fantastic. And this might not even be my heart. Or even in MY body. Shoot. Isaac began to fade as the heartbeat began to fail. Whoa, whoa WHOA! This is NOT happening! I am NOT going to die. And I refuse to let whatever attacking me to win...! Now... where to loo- A crimson flame flashed as it struck Isaac and fled into the darkness, leaving a trail of sickly red flames in its wake.
Knocked 'breathless' for but a moment, Isaac jettisoned himself towards the direction the thing had gone. It quickly became obvious why he hadn't been able to identify its location to begin with. And why it had chosen to his in his heart in the first place. It was as if it was alive. But then again, the kitsune had said that it decided its course and function. Whatever it was, it was either going to allow itself to be subdued, or find itself immediately expunged.
Heading into the darkness, the flames seemed to have completely disappeared. Isaac was completely baffled. How am I suppose to stop this thing if I can't even find it?! I wish this thing would just stop... wait... I wonder if...
"HEY, YOU! Wherever you are, I need to talk to you!" Still, silence and darkness persisted. "Why are you trying to kill me?! What did I ever do to you?!"
Suddenly, a sarcastic laugh burst forth from the darkness, along with a sickly crimson light. "Kill you?!? You tried to kill ME! And I'm sure your plan for when you found me would be just to get rid of me! And now you're going to die. But hey, I guess that what happens to ungrateful little whelps! I give you the ability to destroy anything you could possibly hope to destroy! Glorious destruction! Exuberant chaos! It is what I live for! And YOU tried to snuff that out! HA! As if you could! You disgusting little bleeding heart. You're in my territory now. 'Where do you mean?' you may ask. Why, you helpless little kit. You're in your - or should I say, MY - tail!"
"Wha..?"
"I am at my greatest here! You have no chance!"
[I'll finish another day. Gotta get ready for school tomorrow. sweatdrop ]
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