Reflections of WOTO: Poo's Story
(This is Poo's history between the battle with Giygas in EarthBound and up to the beginning of his fight against Korax)
- Entry 187: Eternity's End
The battle with Giygas has ended, and we all lived through it. I cannot believe such a horrifying force was ever allowed to come to our planet, much less be unleashed upon unsuspecting people. He merely looked like a red mist, but I felt unimaginable power coming out of him. As he sent wave after rending wave of energy and death upon us, I felt lucky any of us could resist death that way. I used PSI Starstorm a few times, but it proved to be futile. Ness, Paula and Jeff's attack had been just as worthless. After a while, Pokey came about and taunted us about being scared out of our wits. How right he was. He mentioned, "Why don't you try calling for help?", as well as some other stuff. Strangely enough, a while after that, Giygas began to slowly weaken and weaken, and I felt the prayers of many people, almost all the people on Earth calling out towards us. I realized Paula had probably saved us by praying. Thanking God she had the intelligence to get an idea of such caliber, I called to the others to defend and let Paula call everyone else upon that wretched being. The prayers eventually got too overwhelming to Giygas. Too much good had been going through his already wrecked mind, and he ended up destroying himself. We returned to our human bodies, and celebrated the victory. It was a somewhat bitter-sweet one...
- Entry 189: The Horrific Truth
A year and a half has passed, and I bear dreadful news... I had a vision about Giygas... his remaining energy was still out there, and it was slowly drifting towards a distant world. Thy... Thryion... I think that was the name. The vision told me an evil sorceror had been trying to revive a trio of evil demons, each at least as strong as Giygas himself. It seemed so real. The vision showed that the evil being revived the weaker two of the trio of demons, but that the middle being, whose name is unknown, turned on their reviver and flew off into space. The next part of the dream was the most horrifying: I saw Earth, drenched in the bones of fallen people, and hordes of the undead all over. The only living people I saw were myself, Ness, Paula, Jeff, and some other young woman. The undead were quickly falling at our feet, but the middle demon suddenly emerged and shot a huge energy blast at me. I panicked and woke up. "Just a dream." I thought... I was soon proven wrong. 5 months later, I am outside the palace, overseeing the oceans below, thinking about my life, my dream, my friends, when I hear a cackle from above...
"Well... what do we have here? It looks like a lost little monkey." the voice sounded strangely sinister. I looked up and saw what looked like a white skinned lizardnoid with a long tail, and red pupils in his eyes. A malicious grin was on his face. "Who in Dalaam's name are you?!" I demanded. "If you have to ask, you'll never know. Let's just say Giygas was only the first of many evils that will threaten this miserable little mudball, and no I don't mean me. I personally don't care about destroying this happy-go-lucky planet, since I have no need, but I was bored when a strange black demon told me to rely a message to some of the greatest warriors on Earth. The being calls himself Korax, some 'Serpent Rider' guy. Probably a weakling in comparison to me. He says he's coming to Earth, as he needs an energy from the core of this planet called 'Mana' to revive someone he knows well." "Why would this guy tell you something like that?" I didn't believe him. "Maybe because he sensed the evil within myself. He has respect to look at I, sourge of the universe as a great icon of evil, but he is a fool to use me as his messenger, and I might make him pay for it someday. Whether you believe me or not is your problem, not mine. I prefer I leave his little mUdball now, so don't bother trying to follow me. This is probably our only meeting. So long, monkey." the white being cackled and then flew off, shooting off out of our atmosphere like a small comet.
I ran back into the palace and consulted my old master on the situation. He told me that a great energy is in fact headed towards Earth. He claims the threat is much greater than what he thought Giygas to be. Much greater, and the fact he mentioned two beings stronger than Giygas were coming brought shivers up my spine. Could they be here avenging Giygas' death, like father or brother, or even mother or sister. Was Korax related to Giygas, or are they all coming for a much greater need? I excused myself from my throne room, and I began my training. I would be a long month before Korax's arrival...
(Well, anyways... That the first of the "Reflections" series...)