100 days of Mother/Earthbound

024: Darkness

Aeolia had sent a message to all of the Magypsies ages ago... what was taking them so long? The party should've started by now.

Aeolia sat on her chair, and pondered. But, mid-ponder, a charred figure of Locria appeared.

"Hi, Locria!" Aeolia said "Punctual as always, I see." and rolled her eyes.

"Well, I don't see anyone else here. So I'm the most punctual you'll get, pinky!"

"Hmmm... I guess. Anyway, where are the others? I called them a while ago."

"Probably shopping. We all agreed to bring something to the party."

"Oh... well what did you bring, Locria?"

"What do you think?" Locria replied while grinning, and clicked his fingers "Bananas! For everyone!"

"Um... okay. I've never been crazy about bananas like you but... I like them."

"Good. But if you don't want any, I'll happily eat them myself!" Locria chuckled after saying this, and ate a banana he had in his pocket... but didn't throw the peel on the floor. This was someone else's home.

Soon Mixolydia appeared, and wearily said "Sorry, Aeolia hon... I was busy. I brought some... things for after."

Aeolia looked in the bag Missy was holding, and looked at her in horror. "Mixolydia! We are NOT doing drugs at this party! Put those mushrooms away!"

"Well... if we get bored, we could always take a nibble. They make you feel just dandy..."

"Well you won't catch me eating them." Aeolia said. Locria secretly sided with Mixolydia on this argument, but said nothing so as to stay neutral.

Ionia, Phrygia, and Lydia arrived. "Helloooooo!" the three collectively said. "We brought giiiiifts!"

In Ionia's bag was some pickles, in Phrygia's was some Meteotite for decoration, and in Lydia's was a make-up set.

"Oooh! That Meteotite looks fabulous! And the pickles... mmm! And a new make-up set! Lovely, lovely, lovely!" Aeolia squealed.

"Hmph! Charming, Aeolia! So much for my bananas, eh?" Locria joked.

"Oh, don't worry. I appreciate your gift of more-than-enough potassium to last a human lifespan."

"Heh heh. It's nothing." And with that, Doria appeared, huffing and gasping.

"Sorry... been... ages... got... gift..." Doria exhaled.

"What is it?" Aeolia hurriedly asked.

"Book... by... Poo... nahasah... reefa... sanjeeve... oh forget it... just Poo. It's called... 'PSI, an advanced guide, by some guy named Poo. I found it on the floor... oops! That's not polite... sorry!"

"It's okay... say, we can find out what humans know of PSI... say, this human's awfully young-looking to be bald..."

"Oh, I know... but yeah, that's my gift."

Aeolia whistled, to get the other Magypsies' attention. "Okay, girls! It's time to party! What do you wanna do first?"

"Why don't we just talk to each other?" Ionia said.

"Yeah... that seems cool..." Locria added.

"Ooh... I have something on my mind..." Phrygia said.

"What is it?" Aeolia asked.

"Whenever I dream, I always dream about the Dark Dragon. What it looks like... what it'll do..."

"Oh..." Locria said "I dream that the Dragon... isn't a dragon at all. It's just some... super powerful thing that can change everything."

"I always thought of it as looking big, and scary, with a huge, eerie smile as it destroys everything." Mixolydia crooned.

"I think it's a big, PSI-using thing with wings, and a big smile, and can sing a little melody that everyone can resonate with..." Ionia described...

"I think it's pink!" Aeolia shouted.

"I think it's black, with red stripes!" Doria called.

"I think it's all colours, and no colours at the same time!" Locria sang.

"I think it's beautiful, with a rainbow down it's back!" Lydia eagerly said.

"I think it can change it's appearance at will!" Mixolydia added.

"We should totally draw our own interpretations..." Phrygia said "...cos we'll never get to see it now..."

"Hmm... it isn't much of a party thing, but okay..." Aeolia concluded.

After a few hours of drawing and painting, seven drawings lay on Aeolia's table.

Aeolia's was a pink, lizard-like thing with dark purple wings, with a flame coming from it's mouth. Each scale was a slightly different shade of pink, and in it's tail was a wand.

Doria's dragon looked more like a vampire than a dragon, and it had a black body, with red patterns tattooing it's hide. It had huge, fearsome teeth, and was riding a motorcycle-like contraption.

Lydia's interpretation of the dragon was a giant Magypsy, holding a rainbow in his hand.

Phrygia's was a sleeping, black, titan, that was effortlessly holding the entire nowhere islands up with it's finger, in it's sleep. It had triangular, evil-looking, red eyes, and spikes on it's head.

Mixolydia, who clearly had sneaked one of her Tanetanian Mushrooms into her mouth, had drawn a huge, slightly camp-looking, disembodied smile with one central eye above itself. It had black lipstick, and gave the weird impression that it was always looking at you.

Ionia had drawn an angel-like thing, with a joker's hat and a purple outfit. Glitter was coming from behind it, and it's 'previous path' could be seen from those sparkles.

Locria had drawn a seemingly amorphous gas, which was spiralling in towards a figure, as if the gas was forming itself into a person. It seemed to have a whisp-like banana in it's smoky hand.

Aeolia looked at the pictures. "Well, so much for a party, but this has been great. We should... draw more often. You never know when the time will come..."