A Story And Addendum For Memoirs Of The Heroes. (Previously "Memoirs Of An Adventure's Child."))
(All Characters Are Ficticious And bare no resemblence to living people. Any resemblence to fictional characters is only by chance.)
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As Isis took us up to the Dimensional Hub, I could swear that time wasn't
passing at all. It seemed that only two days had passed since we had left
the Celestrial Temple. When we finally arrived, I looked around and
said, "Isis, can we eat?" I was famished, as was my parents and brother.
Even JaNa appeared hungry, but there was something different about her.
Isis looked at us and said, "I think that would be best,
Lena. We have not eaten for two years." I was shocked by this.
Two years had passed since KLar had succeeded. That meant that another
two years would pass until we returned. Four years that KLar, St.
Marius and the Route of Rigge would have to control the world.
My father looked at Isis and said, "Why didn't you mention
this when we headed up here?"
Before Isis could reply, a man in a strange suit appeared.
He said, "Because she knew you would object. It has been what, 5000,
10000 years, Isis. You have a question about your path."
Isis bowwed in reverence and said, "Yes, Rotat. Can
you help us?" She was actually afraid of this entity. This
entity knew the future of the entire world, and could tell anyone what
they where going to do.
The figure turned and walked into a doorway. We followed
him, and Max came over to me. "Lena, do you think he can tell us
about our futures?" I rolled my eyes. He had heard the stories
as well as I had.
"Max, according to legend, he is even older than our world.
There are some who say Rotat is older than time itself."
"I thought time began when the world began."
"Father told us that Vet dreamed of past lives. So
Rotat could have seen those worlds that occured before ours."
JaNa then said, "Do you think that might be the case?
That one my mother's past lifes was in another timeline."
My mother then said, "That depends on the timeline.
One timeline supposedly had some individuals that could not enter the realm
of spirits because of there lifes were so tragic, or evil."
When we finally entered the door, I noticed that everyone
was sitting on the floor and Isis was standing on the center of an eight
pointed star. As we sat down, Rotat walked over to a panel.
It was black and bordered in gold. I watched as a light shined one
the star, and then on the panel. The panel changed into an image.
The image was a man pointing to the ground with one hand, and pointing
a wand skyward. There was a sign over the head, like an eight on
its side. In front of the man, there was a table with a cup, a sword,
a wand of sorts, and a coin with a star on it. Rotat look at it and
said, "The Magician is your objective. I can see the eight seperate
parts of the Magician. Is that your lost member?"
JaNa spoke up. "Yes. That's my mother.
What more can you tell us?"
Rotat said, "There are many parts of this fortune."
The image changed to a hand from the clouds. In the hand was a sword
pointing skyward. "This means that your first part is to the World
of Air, ravaged by the harsh winds."
My father then said, "Where is the next part?" The
image changed to an angel with a horn and spirits standing in boxes.
Rotat looked at it and said, "Judgement. This must
stand for the realm of Spirits. The second step will be the land
of the dead, beyond the Final Passage. But, there is more."
The image faded and changed to a man, upside down on a wooden tee.
"The Hanged Man, the sign of a meeting, with someone from the past most
likely."
JaNa had a look of hope on her face and said, "Father's spirit,
but why?"
Rotat then said, "The dead know about the future to a point.
It may be a warning about something. That is usually what the image
of The Hanged Man means." The image then changed again. The
hand had returned, holding a coin with a star on it. "The Ace Of
Pentacles. This means that the third step of the journey is into
the World of Earth. This can be very dangerous." The panel then changed
again, this time revealing a woman standing over a lion. "Strength.
This might signify the power of the chaos of that world. Quake are
always changing the lay of the land."
My mother then said, "Rotat, where will the fourth part take
us?" She was a bit worried. I thought that being away from the world
for what would be four years was the problem.
Rotat looked at her and said, "You have right to worry."
The image changed to that of a man on a chair, being drawn by two sphinxs.
"The Chariot. That must mean that you will travel into the Mana Net.
But, there is a problem." The picture changed again, into the form
of a man on the ground. Ten swords were in his back. "The Ten
of Swords, which means a loss in the family. My guess is that one
of the family that is in Isis' group with die, or disappear." I didn't
like the sound of that.
My brother said, "You mean that my sister, my parents, or
myself might die, or worse?" Rotat nodded. I couldn't bear losing
any member of my family, and neither could Max.
Rotat just said, "The loss may be death, and it may not be."
The shock was still evident, but Rotat continued on with prediction as
the image change. Now a hand holding a cup of water was on the panel.
"The Ace of Cups, which means you will head to the World of Water."
The image changed to that of man sitting in a chair, holding an Anch.
"The Emporer. This can only mean that you will enter the world of
the Mind after that."
My mother said, "The world of the Mind, but that doesn't
exist, does it?"
Isis then said, "I didn't think it did."
Rotat then said, "After you came here with your father, and
the evil Ancients were stopped, a strange event occured. A giant
metal mass started to form, and orbit the same path you took to get here."
My father then said, "I wonder if that explains all the disappearing
robots over the course of our world, as well as some missing people."
My mother then said, "I remember Ki telling me about some
of the Ancient texts and how they described abductions by strange beings.
These beings were part organic, part robotic, and had a crystaline structure
around their bodies. Anyone abducted was never seen again."
Rotat then said, "That is the home of those beings, but now
they are in hiding. But something is strange there." The image
changed to a horned creature sitting in a chair. There was a star
in it's horns and two people at the chair's base. "You will gain
an ally, who is an enemy of Isis. That is what The Devil image means."
Isis looked scared and said, "One of the evil Ancients."
"He cannot harm you. He is bound by a higher evil,
and is probably helping you for it's benefit." To me, this seemed
very illogical. The panel changed into a new image. This image
had that of an eight pointed star in the sky. "The Star. This
must mean that the solutions to the realm of Mind is illogic. The
answer must make no sense."
I looked at the card and said, "It must be something totally
strange to confound a computeristic mind."
"Yes. You must use logic against it. Now for
the next part of your quest." The panel changed images again, and
a hand in the clouds was holding a wooden rod. "The Ace of Wands,
which is the sign of Fire. You will enter the World of Fire, and
it will take all of your skills to survive this trial." The image
then changed to a man holding a scales and a sword.
My mother then said, "Does that mean the battle with the
forces of evil?"
Rotat then said, "Correct. That is the image of Justice.
This is the deciding conflict. As with all conficts of this magnatude,
there is one outcome." The image changed to that of a skeleton on
a horse. "The Death Image, which stands for change. Like this,
it means that there will be a change for the better."
Isis then said, "Then everything will return to normal."
She sighed and I noticed that the panel was changing again. This
time, a pillar appeared. Rotat gasped, and at that time, everyone
was in shock. This surprised us all. Isis asked, "What does
this mean?"
Rotat just said, "The Tower means death. Somewhere
after this quest, you will join your father, permanently." Isis jumped
out of the circle and ran out of the room. My family and JaNa ran
out to follow her.
I walked over to Rotat and asked, "Sir, can you tell me about
my future?" He nodded and I walked into the circle. I was incircled
by the light and I saw the panel change. The image changed to a woman
holding one of the Pentacles.
"The Queen of Pentacles. An intelligent and brilliant
woman. This could stand for you, or for someone you will encounter.
The panel must reveal more in the next image." The image changed
again. This time, it became an arc of ten cups, but it was upside
down. Rotat just looked at it and said, "Reversed Ten of Cups. No
image I have had on this panel has been reversed. Leave now." He
chased me out of the circle and out the door. He slammed it shut.
My mother walked over to me and said, "What happened?"
"He said the image was reversed." I was scared at what
that meant.
Isis just looked grimly and said, "We must go. The
longer we stay, the more havoc that the 'Route of Rigge can cause."
She then started our trip to the world far below us. The images I
saw meant something, but I couldn't determine what?