Smock Smock Smock Smock Smock Smock Smock.
Sorry, I really like that word.
Check back on the other chapters with the watching people, because I've changed the way they speak for a resaon that you'll want to see and be able to later...
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Chapter 17: The Aftermath
Rob opened his eyes. Clash looked up at him and said, "Oh good, you're up. Hold still," He walked up to Rob and muttered, "Curus magnificus." Rob's broken, bloody nose felt much better. Rob touched it, and found it wasn't broken anymore.
"Thanks, Clash." Rob said, looking up at him.
"Don't worry about it, you saved my life back there, I wouldn't have been able to block him. Hell, that cure spell is one of the reasons I learned magic. Everyone else is up already. We need to discuss our next move."
Rob and Clash walked up to the rest of the group. Mark and Cole were in a separate conversation, then Ashley got Cole's attention and said, "how'd you get those powers without the enemies, Cole?"
Cole said, "Oh, hi Rob. Well, Ashley, I thought of one of the games in the Kirby Super Star game for Super Nintendo, the one called Milky Way Wishes, where he doesn't eat stuff for the powers, he finds capsules. I guess I'm like that, except I don't need to find the capsules." Cole turned to Rob. "I see he healed your nose," the little Dreamlander said, "he did the same thing to me. I was pretty beaten up. I had bruises all over me." He frowned. "Clash, Jeweled Ones only have powers in one category, right?"
Clash, who was starting a fire, said, "yeah, but he used a lot of different things. And he couldn't have studied into other categories, like I did, because he hasn't been around long enough."
"Well then," said Mark, "me and Cole think we know what Omega's element, err, category, um, elemen- well, we know what it is."
"What?" Said Ashley, Clash, and Rob at the same time, all looking up.
"Mimicking." Said Cole matter-of-factly, "even though they had different names, every move we saw him do we've seen in a video game before."
"Video game?" said Clash, once again distracted from starting a fire.
"Think we should tell him?" Rob whispered.
Ashley nodded. "I will," she said, "well, Clash, it's complicated, but, where we come from, all of these different worlds are just games. We changed forms to match different worlds and ended up here."
"Weird," Clash said, nodding.
"But, it's all wrong," Mark said, shaking his Raichu head, "everything's just screwed up."
"What do you mean?" Clash asked.
"Well," Cole said, "for starters, in the Pokemon world people aren't supposed to turn into Halflings, in Dreamland things don't attack people at night, Mega Man's world isn't a waste land, robot's don't attack Hyrule, the Mushroom Kingdom's not conquered by an insane overlord and there's no such thing as Je-" He was cut off by Rob kicking him in the side, but Clash didn't seem to notice.
"Well, that's the way things've been since I've been alive here." Clash said, looking very confused.
"Well, how long have you been alive here?" Ashley asked.
"My whole life. Thirty five years." He said. "Well, now to Omega, I'll try to think about what happened, but I'll need you guys to answer these as best you can."
They all agreed to this. "Okay," Clash said, "has Omega had a hard life?"
"Yes." Rob said. "His parents were... well, he just says they hated him, and that he doesn't want to talk about that part of his life. Then he spent several years on the streets, then he lived with us for about a year."
"Okay," Clash repeated, "did anything weird ever happen to Omega when he became a Jeweled One?"
"Yes," Mark said, "I saw it twice, once when he got shot, and once when he got a short sword in the gut. He freaked out when he got hurt, and became almost inhuman and extremely violent."
"Okay," said Clash, and they could almost see the gears working in his head, "was he that powerful?"
"No." They all said together.
"Okay, I'll think about it, and tell you if I come up with anything," Clash said, working on the fire again.
Another figure had seen everything through his crystal ball, and watched still, silently, then finally, "what in the sam Hell do those stupid people a-think they're doin'? I'll try tah put a stop tah all their plans."
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Why does he talk like that? I thought these characters were all mystical, watching figures, and I didn't think I'd make one a country bumpkin (well, actually I did):-).
Sorry, I really like that word.
Check back on the other chapters with the watching people, because I've changed the way they speak for a resaon that you'll want to see and be able to later...
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Chapter 17: The Aftermath
Rob opened his eyes. Clash looked up at him and said, "Oh good, you're up. Hold still," He walked up to Rob and muttered, "Curus magnificus." Rob's broken, bloody nose felt much better. Rob touched it, and found it wasn't broken anymore.
"Thanks, Clash." Rob said, looking up at him.
"Don't worry about it, you saved my life back there, I wouldn't have been able to block him. Hell, that cure spell is one of the reasons I learned magic. Everyone else is up already. We need to discuss our next move."
Rob and Clash walked up to the rest of the group. Mark and Cole were in a separate conversation, then Ashley got Cole's attention and said, "how'd you get those powers without the enemies, Cole?"
Cole said, "Oh, hi Rob. Well, Ashley, I thought of one of the games in the Kirby Super Star game for Super Nintendo, the one called Milky Way Wishes, where he doesn't eat stuff for the powers, he finds capsules. I guess I'm like that, except I don't need to find the capsules." Cole turned to Rob. "I see he healed your nose," the little Dreamlander said, "he did the same thing to me. I was pretty beaten up. I had bruises all over me." He frowned. "Clash, Jeweled Ones only have powers in one category, right?"
Clash, who was starting a fire, said, "yeah, but he used a lot of different things. And he couldn't have studied into other categories, like I did, because he hasn't been around long enough."
"Well then," said Mark, "me and Cole think we know what Omega's element, err, category, um, elemen- well, we know what it is."
"What?" Said Ashley, Clash, and Rob at the same time, all looking up.
"Mimicking." Said Cole matter-of-factly, "even though they had different names, every move we saw him do we've seen in a video game before."
"Video game?" said Clash, once again distracted from starting a fire.
"Think we should tell him?" Rob whispered.
Ashley nodded. "I will," she said, "well, Clash, it's complicated, but, where we come from, all of these different worlds are just games. We changed forms to match different worlds and ended up here."
"Weird," Clash said, nodding.
"But, it's all wrong," Mark said, shaking his Raichu head, "everything's just screwed up."
"What do you mean?" Clash asked.
"Well," Cole said, "for starters, in the Pokemon world people aren't supposed to turn into Halflings, in Dreamland things don't attack people at night, Mega Man's world isn't a waste land, robot's don't attack Hyrule, the Mushroom Kingdom's not conquered by an insane overlord and there's no such thing as Je-" He was cut off by Rob kicking him in the side, but Clash didn't seem to notice.
"Well, that's the way things've been since I've been alive here." Clash said, looking very confused.
"Well, how long have you been alive here?" Ashley asked.
"My whole life. Thirty five years." He said. "Well, now to Omega, I'll try to think about what happened, but I'll need you guys to answer these as best you can."
They all agreed to this. "Okay," Clash said, "has Omega had a hard life?"
"Yes." Rob said. "His parents were... well, he just says they hated him, and that he doesn't want to talk about that part of his life. Then he spent several years on the streets, then he lived with us for about a year."
"Okay," Clash repeated, "did anything weird ever happen to Omega when he became a Jeweled One?"
"Yes," Mark said, "I saw it twice, once when he got shot, and once when he got a short sword in the gut. He freaked out when he got hurt, and became almost inhuman and extremely violent."
"Okay," said Clash, and they could almost see the gears working in his head, "was he that powerful?"
"No." They all said together.
"Okay, I'll think about it, and tell you if I come up with anything," Clash said, working on the fire again.
Another figure had seen everything through his crystal ball, and watched still, silently, then finally, "what in the sam Hell do those stupid people a-think they're doin'? I'll try tah put a stop tah all their plans."
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Why does he talk like that? I thought these characters were all mystical, watching figures, and I didn't think I'd make one a country bumpkin (well, actually I did):-).