Meditation Act II

*All elements of Mystere AND Kooza belong to Cirque Du Soleil. This is ONLY happening because Arixa insisted…and I need some creative flow anyway…BTW, I'm going by Arixa's storyline, where Trickster escaped to Mystere to get away from Crooner in "Even Gods"

ALONE…was only a WORD to him now…

Back then, BEFORE his need for escape to a well-know, traditional world that didn't travel as much, BEFORE Crooner's attack, BEFORE the darkness…he had felt ALONE…

Even with all those and that which he'd created…even inviting beings from the outside in night after night…the Trickster had been lonely…he'd sent portions of his power all throughout the world to pick out suitable heirs to create worlds like himself* But thanks to Crooner*, he had yet to meet any of them…

Then he came to Mystere…then he'd laid eyes on its Narrator...and the man seemed to…stick out from the rest…for starters, he was one of the only few characters who actually TALKED or wasn't afraid to speak his mind…second, he and Trickster were, to say the least, OPPOSITES…where Trickster was smooth as silk, cool as ice and could command an entire world to bow to him with the wave of his hand, the Narrator/emcee was EASILY hot-tempered, and even RIDICULED left and right! It fascinated Trickster how someone who was a liar by nature like himself could obtain respect…where someone as blunt honest, loyal and responsible would be ridiculed!

Next thing Trickster knew, his fascination turned to attraction...and he found himself wanting to open the conceited man's heart and mind, enjoying how his face would turn as pink as his costume when Trickster's gold-painted finger would run across his jawline…

The attraction grew to admiration, and even more so, a need to protect when the "Accidents" around Mystere turned out to be something more…

EVENTUALLY, when Moha's need to over-analyze the facts led him to realize Trickster was RIGHT, that it WASN'T Brian Le Petit's pranks causing mayhem around the theater…Moha realized Trickster was right…and the Deus Ex Machina, after a…SHAKY confrontation with the WITCH child causing the trouble….was sealed once more…

The talk after wards was…awkward at first, Moha bashfully admitting that Trickster was right…NOT just about the incident…but EVERYTHING…Trickster had his OWN confession…that his heart was no longer his own…that in opening Moha's mind…the Trickster had opened his own heart…even though Moha-Samedi wasn't sure, Trickster, for once in his life, had BEGGED him not to turn him away…

The days after seemed…longer, afterwards…days in casual walks and talks, nights in private embrace…then Trickster knew he had to leave…Crooner's presence was appearing in nightmares…Moha knew now…he was afraid…SOMEHOW, SOME WAY…the Reaper would come back…

But it WASN'T just Kooza Trickster was worried about anymore…

Still…he had left ALMOST so…UNCEREMONIOUSLY, So SUDDENLY…he had been worried…he could feel his Narrator's…HIS Narrator's heart…rapidly reaching out to him…even from so far away…

So Trickster would ALWAYS reach for him…if he could Dream-Love him from afar…until they could meet again face-to-face…then neither of them would EVER be alone…

*In my version, (and for a video game idea of mine), Trickster sent out his power to those of pure heart and imagination (Innocents) to become his heirs, called Trickin. However, since their power doesn't naturally awaken till' their teen Years, in which they are reckless and insecure, Crooner tracks them down and turns them into his skeletons, taking their power easily, once more tormenting Trickster…in the game, YOUR character is taken in as an Innocent early, so Trickster can help you defend yourself when you come of age and become a Trickin.